comprehension
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This allows events to balloon beyond our comprehension, and may be preventing us from stopping this insanity.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
This creates a gap between adviser compliance and a client’s comprehension of all the moving parts.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
Phonics instruction gets kids in the door, then whole language comprehension needs to take over.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
But the hurtling pace of the cast, combined with some misguided blocking that has characters speaking at points with their backs to the audience, makes comprehension more difficult than necessary.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
So, when we finally come to Wotton’s formulation of a tacit reserve, we encounter, for the first time, a sound comprehension of the nature of scientific knowledge.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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