understandable

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Despite the age gap, the off-kilter attraction between Dianne and Sam is understandable, given how unhappy both of them are with their stuck lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The public at large bought into those efforts with little skepticism in the understandable desire to have Latinos star in the American story.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

The places where football players and managers are approached to sign autographs can vary from mundane and understandable to invasive and inappropriate.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

It’s understandable that CF’s stock surged after the start of the conflict, because the company is a “pure-play” nitrogen producer, and farmers have no option but to use nitrogen if planting corn, Rodriguez wrote.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

The FAE also makes the world a much simpler and more understandable place.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell