understand
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Winemakers are trying to understand and adapt to these new customers who care more about environmental and social justice practices than about brands.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
To understand why the new technology matters, it helps to look at a longstanding challenge in biological imaging.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
But you don’t have to understand how AI works to understand basic principles of AI safety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
“People didn’t understand it because they weren’t used to it. They were used to basic reggaeton,” Torres says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
“I’m sorry, La. I don’t mean to keep pushing this, but I need to know with one hundred percent certainty that you understand the situation and that you will not interfere with the gold Flash.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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The BBC understands another woman complained to the force about Harvey before he met Catherine but was told he had not committed an offence.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
As another gender-swapped character, Ms. Goerke is the pious Reverend, the only bardo inhabitant who understands that he is dead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
This is all incredibly normal, accepted behaviour which anyone who attends a concert regularly already understands.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
"Peter Rice understands talent relations, and in a competitive market, creative talent have choices of where they want to work," Sarandos said on the call Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
I hope he understands I didn’t mean it.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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Eddie Howe, Antonio Conte and Julian Naglesmann are understood to have their eyes on the Old Trafford job.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
But he surely understood that this was an incautiously brief period of measurement, for the river’s annual flow was wildly variable, ranging from about 9.1 million to 25 million acre-feet during the 20-year sampling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
They also emphasize the need to develop conservation protections quickly for these vulnerable mollusks, which are native to highly restricted environments and could face serious threats before their populations are fully understood.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
But I am an apple-picking person, and my Dad was an apple-picking person, and I think he understood even then that some things are worth risking an eye for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
He didn’t think Tomás understood a word the priest was saying, but that wasn’t the point.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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“Over the years we’ve learned a lot more about how supernovae behave so we’ve been able to go back and apply that improved understanding to older data,” Mr. Camilleri said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
But no matter who prevails, it’s clear that the Mizrahim are no longer simply a constituency to be courted; they have become the country’s center of gravity—and key to understanding Israel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the study found that understanding spoken language requires more than just decoding words.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Published in the journal Subterranean Biology, the discovery represents an important step forward in understanding the region's underground wildlife.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
According to the internet, this means understanding who your customers are and why they need your business.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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