grasp
Example Sentences
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But bots often fail to grasp basic facts, such as insisting that the ratio 1:100 simplifies to 1:25.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026
All the more unlucky: both Asia and Grace are urgently trying to protect their sisters from falling into the cult’s grasp.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
He is a solid writer with an encyclopedic grasp of his subject.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
“It makes you rethink, ‘How am I going to present these individuals that represent certain character traits that we want our children to grasp or to live up to, right?’”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
He sounds stunned even as the words are coming out of his mouth, unable to grasp the idea that this is over, suddenly, before we expected it to be.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing grasp
"Mending Wall," by Robert Frost
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Excerpt from "The Diary of Anne Frank"
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