understand
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"He was one of the very few men; they didn't understand at the time that women's rights are society's rights," she said of her father.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
I don’t think I totally understand how this fits into the story of my life.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
"Once you understand what's happening inside the material, you can design devices to take advantage of it," Professor Qi said.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
Foreign Minister Winston Peters's office confirmed the ban and said he instructed the the nation's diplomats "to express concern at this departure from past practice and to better understand it."
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
To be honest, at the time I didn’t understand much of what they were talking about—only enough to know that I was on Mutti’s side.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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