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know

[noh] / noʊ /




Usage

What are other ways to say know? To know something is to be aware of it as a fact or truth: He knows the basic facts of the subject. I know that he agrees with me. To comprehend is to know something thoroughly and to perceive its relationships to certain other ideas, facts, etc. To understand is to be fully aware not only of the meaning of something but also of its implications: I could comprehend all he said, but did not understand that he was joking.

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With the benefit of hindsight, we know that the market came back eventually and that staying invested was the smart move.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

“Looking around at my fellow teenagers, I thought, ‘I don’t know if we should be allowed to vote,’” she said with a laugh.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Taylor’s intervention suggests “that Memphis voters don’t know what their best interests are,” said Martavius Jones, who was chair of the Memphis City Council when the city ordinance passed.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Here is what we know about the crash so far:

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

“I didn’t know the Union had Black officers.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

He says he doesn't have a plan for his retirement, but he knows that qualifying for the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles will be difficult.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Your mother-in-law knows her son better than anyone.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

He had joked with reporters that he hadn’t been sure if rumors of his call-up were true because “as everyone knows, you can’t believe what’s in the paper.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Organon knows the market for long-acting reversible contraception well: It also owns the hormonal Nexplanon, the only contraceptive implant approved for use in the U.S., and the NuvaRing, a hormonal vaginal ring.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

“I can’t move Midnight closer. Who knows where the sinkhole begins?”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

But as soon as I saw ‘Wild Horse Nine,’ I knew that Malkovich would win this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Daniels was picked fourth, following a man asking if anyone knew an Army guy he had met in the Vietnam War.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Mishra thought the mortgage market in recent years had been pretty stable and knew he could always refinance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Barlow, who has two children, said she knew how costumes could end up being stored away or thrown out after only one use.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The one thing we knew for sure—the new generation of chiefs had decided it was time for Fireball to die, and nothing I, or anyone else, said was going to have any impact.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Drug spending is a major driver of record-setting healthcare cost increases for employers, including cancer treatments and the popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs known as GLP-1s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The companies are known for aggressive marketing, often blanketing business owners with dozens of texts, calls and emails a day, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Diana Daniels was preparing for the City Commission meeting in Springfield, Ohio, an event where she was well known, even after weeks away.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Dacic said the suspect has not been identified, but he was a minor and Serbian citizen who was being monitored by security services as he was "known to be a supporter of the Islamic State".

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

I should’ve known better, but I had just wanted .

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

It’s the difference between buying groceries and knowing what groceries need to be bought.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

“I don’t think so, none of the evidence suggests so, but if they do, we have no way of knowing it.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

"To read about a medical scandal knowing it could have been stopped was upsetting," said Redvers, "because concerns were raised appropriately and leaders knew about it".

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

So knowing that, I didn’t look at it like life is going to end.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The only thing keeping me from absolute panic is knowing that she’s not going to come down and look for herself.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam


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