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The research also highlights the importance of combining expertise from different scientific fields to understand the complex ways plants interact with their environment.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
I came to Dali in southern China’s Yunnan province to try to understand the disillusionment among young people in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
But last month, Santos de Torres, a new voter, struggled to help Nemorio, an American-born citizen, understand and cast his mail ballot for the November election.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
Supporters say it won’t make any substantive changes, but instead make the rules easier to understand by deleting duplicated language.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
He knew that Wolf wouldn’t understand, but he also knew that he was making the promise to himself as much as to Wolf.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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But the BBC understands that social care workers already in the UK are now likely to be exempt from the longer wait.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Yet Flores also understands that the last thing he can become is predictable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Blumenfield also understands the objection but points out that the ballot already is overwhelming, and that everything in Measure LA addresses a change in governance and efficiency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The couple understands the trade-off — is it better to have cash in the bank or in home equity?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
SABIO, BEX: Why am I the only one who understands the concept of soundproofing?
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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“They understood that my help was not free money,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
The compensation payments have an expiry date - understood to be before the end of the season - at which point he can be appointed for nothing.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The work also provides insight into how the overall structure of a network can be understood through carefully selected local connections.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
The Framers understood that, even for the most virtuous, receipt of favors creates a predisposition to do favors in return.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
He told me he thought I understood that this is how the Resistance works.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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As research continues, this location may become key to understanding how societies in the Maghreb evolved from early farming communities to the medieval rural world.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Supporters say people overseeing Van Nuys and LAX should have a firsthand understanding of living near the airports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
"There is a lot of appetite for, at the very least, more transparency, more understanding of why healthcare costs are so high," said Dann.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Only by gaining a more complete understanding of our own maritime environment can we safeguard national security,” Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te said at the launch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
A family member who was an inventor, maybe, who might have a deep understanding of telephone technology.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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