understand
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We might not have answers, but I know they understand, and that matters.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
May 20: Our mission is to build the systems and technologies necessary to make life multiplanetary, to understand the true nature of the universe, and to extend the light of consciousness to the stars.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
“From what I understand, those two have talked not just once, but several times since then,” Krause said.
From Salon • May 23, 2026
Even so, researchers have struggled to fully understand how these molecules form because many of the key intermediate stages are highly unstable and disappear almost instantly.
From Science Daily • May 22, 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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