understanding
Example Sentences
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‘People are slapping the FDE title on sales engineering without really understanding how Palantir did FDE or why it worked so well.’
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
These discoveries helped establish that life can exist without sunlight, reshaping scientific understanding of extreme environments.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
Chesterton was raised in a high-minded Unitarianism whose morals he approved but whose understanding of God he found too thin to support the changes that he, as a man of the left, wanted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
“My focus was on not understanding war and hatred and bigotry,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
It’s not like our other friends bust him for the way he is, but I can tell they’re not as understanding as I am.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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