understandable
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"We've watched him grow up and he's very much ours. It would be really sad if he didn't stay - perhaps understandable, but really sad."
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
There’s an understandable pacing dip afterward, when the wounded villagers think the nightmare is over and our protagonists learn separately that the forest holds more of these mysteriously strong creatures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
He thinks it’s understandable why healthcare costs and long-term care costs are the No. 1 fear.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Americans are hearing conflicting messages about vaccines right now, and it’s understandable that people are asking whom they should trust,” Dr. Bruce Gellin of the Vaccine Integrity Project told NPR.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
They labored together so closely for such long, unbroken hours that it was understandable that their contributions to the finished product blurred into one another.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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