comprehension
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On the test that followed, comprehension improved for both groups, but it was highest for the group whose conversation included the bilingual form.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Intertitle cards bridged some comprehension gaps, but skilled directors used them sparingly.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Sentencing him at Hull Crown Court, Judge Justice Hilliard told the former undertaker he had "caused anguish and pain on a scale beyond comprehension".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
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
Her English was middling at best; her reading comprehension minimal.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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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
From the moment when he recognized the nail-studded door till he put down the last of his mother's letters, his comprehensions had flowed outward in widening circles.
From Beggars on Horseback by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse
They tell of men and of peoples who had to face facts and who achieved comprehensions and convictions through grappling with facts.
From Understanding the Scriptures by Francis John McConnell
He would cease to be a deity and would become one of ourselves were his nature and attributes brought down to the level of our comprehensions.
From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by James Fenimore Cooper
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