comprehension
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And Mikhail Fiksel’s looping systems architecture and sound design, while beyond my technical comprehension, added to the unique magic of a score that is discovering itself in real time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Petry’s coiled, claustrophobic story of a well-meaning heroine trapped in a system beyond her comprehension or control rises to a pitch of tragedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Archaeologist and prehistoric art specialist George Nash said the art could have been used as a "communication system" but that its meaning was something "way beyond our comprehension".
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Although Centaur was presented as a model capable of simulating cognition, its biggest limitation appears to be in language comprehension.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2026
It opened clear on my comprehension that Helen Burns was numbering her last days in this world, and that she was going to be taken to the region of spirits, if such region there were.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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He may also be rushing through the text and not monitoring his own comprehensions.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2021
Reed and Wooten will be tasked with improving hitters’ comprehensions of technology-driven approaches and overseeing new catcher Jonathan Lucroy’s resurgence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2019
They are, in general, suitable to the ages and comprehensions of the hearers.
From The Sand-Hills of Jutland by Bushby, Mrs. (Anna S.)
Hitherto there have been, properly speaking, no comprehensions, only perceptions in the Sense and connections in the Understanding.
From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.
Its strength must come from the uttermost parts of the land and must be compounded of brains and comprehensions of every sort.
From President Wilson's Addresses by Harper, George McLean
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