understandable
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With shares trading at 98 times projected 12-month earnings, the caution is understandable.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
That’s understandable, but you need to let that go and be the most openhearted and, yes, open-minded friend you can be.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
It is completely understandable to raise concerns about a tattoo associated with the Nazi secret police; nobody should be regarded as a pedant for doing so.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
It's understandable that you're feeling a mix of emotions right now, especially with everything going on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
This means, as Stephen Hawking has observed with a touch of understandable excitement, that one cannot "predict future events exactly if one cannot even measure the present state of the universe precisely!"
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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