understandable
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It was understandable that few understood the decision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
To me, this online preference—again, understandable with two young children—can lead to problems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
“The market appears to be reading the Anthropic update as negative, which is understandable considering how on-edge the market has been anyway about the AI trade,” D.A.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
So it’s understandable they would need to recharge by getting away from Washington from time to time.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
I’d never even heard of it, which was perhaps understandable as it was about four hundred miles from where I lived.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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