grasped
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The secretary may have gone to Princeton University, but he hasn’t yet grasped the concept of irony.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
But I soon grasped that paying attention can be hard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
On his debut, Samba played the entire 90 minutes and fully grasped his opportunity.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The road to recovery is long, and some patients "still haven't really grasped the magnitude of what happened to them," Bianca Damaso, a physician specializing in prosthetics, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
It is about a process whose significance can only be fully grasped with hindsight.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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