understand
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Back when Newsom was a boy in the 1970s, dyslexia was recognized but still not fully understood.
From Los Angeles Times
Chip Wilson, Lululemon’s founder and a major shareholder, has launched a campaign to add three people to Lululemon’s board, which he has said doesn’t understand the company or its consumers.
From MarketWatch
Iran’s normal incentive, let’s understand, is not to interfere with Hormuz shipping, making an enemy of its own customers, importantly China.
Many tribal leaders were coerced into signing the original treaties, with limited to no translation support to help them understand what they were signing.
From Los Angeles Times
VARs are now a standard part of economists’ tool kit, and are employed by central bankers to help understand how their actions might affect the economy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.