understand
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Investors still lack sufficient information to understand the effects on Microsoft’s financial statements or whether the dealings were at arm’s length.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Although the smell cannot be helped, farmers say they do understand the complaints.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Their work is part of a broader effort to better understand the processes responsible for the calving and retreat of Arctic ice shelves.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
No one seemed to understand the world was sometimes too much for Ruby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The doctor’s voice is gentle, but Joey and Renato both understand the gravity of her diagnosis.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The BBC understands that carmakers have not yet notified authorities of any plans for a similar recall in the US.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The labor movement understands what is at stake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Carney understands the stakes, and he has intentionally and carefully drawn a line.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
As the trial of Lindsay Clancy over the murder of her three children goes into closing arguments this week, the reactions to the case reveal just how little the general public understands about postpartum psychosis.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
I hope she understands that I didn’t mean for any of this to happen.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
But Leffler feels strongly that being understood sooner might have buoyed Ruby during her lowest points.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Her aesthetics were deliberately cultivated, another calculated move from a shrewd entrepreneur who understood showbusiness as well as she understood people.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Anthropic was founded in 2021 by former OpenAI executives frustrated over how the potential of AI and concerns over safety were not understood or being taken seriously enough.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Though we were told over and over when we were in the Soviet Union that the refuseniks wanted us there, indeed needed us there, I never fully understood the consequences until we got this news.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
I raised my eyebrows like I hadn’t understood him.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The CycleTrack study hopes to improve understanding of heavy menstrual bleeding and related conditions such as endometriosis and fibroids, helping speed up diagnosis and treatment for millions of women.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
One way or another, Anthropic’s looming IPO stands to reframe the market’s understanding of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Though she showed many classic early childhood indicators — sensitivity to noise, extremely limited food preferences, rigid adherence to routine and difficulties understanding social nuances — no one suggested she was autistic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The two countries, both coastal states bordering the strait, have sought to hammer out a plan to regulate transit through it, as laid out in a June US-Iran memorandum of understanding.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
From information I have overheard, I have developed an understanding that someday, perhaps someday soon, I will be put together again.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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