understandable
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It was understandable that few understood the decision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
So it’s understandable they would need to recharge by getting away from Washington from time to time.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
There are a couple of understandable reasons older people put off installing a stairlift.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
They quickly discovered that making a mathematical argument understandable to a computer program required an enormous amount of work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The professor was likable, it was the sixties, not having your creative juices flowing was understandable.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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