understand
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I didn’t understand a lot of this world, but I did grow up on Wonder Woman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Left unchecked, it could outrun our ability to understand and control these systems, and so must be pursued very carefully, if at all," Amodei wrote.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Racing domestically or internationally to grow a superintelligent mind that nobody can understand is a contest nobody wins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The findings may also help scientists better understand how Earth's continents developed and how the planet gradually evolved into its modern form.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 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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“It’s not clear the president understands the technology. He may just be figuring out what all of this means.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"The National Intelligence Service currently assesses that Kim Ju Ae is being groomed as the successor and understands she has a younger sibling of unknown gender," the agency said, reaffirming its conclusion on succession.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“I doubt he’ll deliver, but at least he understands what they need.”
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
But BBC Scotland News understands Ferguson Marine did not have access to this information, which was issued to "owners and operators" via an online portal.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
She understands that Gina also has anxiety and that Father Anthony is emotionally removed.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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Many details took more than a month to become public, and the event still isn’t completely understood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Alzheimer's disease cannot be understood one layer at a time," said Jian Ma, the Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology who led and supervised the study.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Rather than retreat into antiseptic corporate language, it followed the safety message with another language its customers understood: cheap Taco Bell.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
And don't underestimate the importance of keeping backbenchers content, feeling understood.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Watching them, I understood what I’d spent so much time trying to ignore: being alone was better than being with people who didn’t care if I existed.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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Amid the outcry, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called Saturday for AI companies to "pace the frontier" -- or coordinate a slowdown in the technology's development -- to allow a better understanding of the risks arising.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
“If we’re not tracking and not just understanding the numbers, but understanding the why behind the numbers, we have no ability to respond,” Knight said.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
There is now a growing understanding of the need for respiratory protections and decontamination to help prevent certain cancers that are more common for firefighters.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
But by taking the behavior out of the shadows, organizations can replace that toxic suspicion with something more conducive to trust: a shared understanding of what everyone is doing and why.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
I’m confused through most of my classes and have trouble understanding what the teachers are talking about.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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