grasped
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One influential figure predicts an array of grim economic consequences, unconvinced that Burnham and his team have grasped what might be coming down the track and planned accordingly.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 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
Emanuel grasped the potential of the diesel engine and secured its patent rights in Russia in 1898.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Glanvill would presumably have been shocked to learn that Boyle and Newton did not share his views, but it was he, not they, who had grasped the relationship between alchemy and the new science.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
