understand
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Example Sentences
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"We understand the concerns people have about their communities and will always balance the right to freedom of expression with the need to tackle crime without fear or favour."
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
But you don’t need to be from Mexico to understand the significance, reverence, and trepidation that surround this hulking pile nicknamed El Coloso de Santa Úrsula.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Scientists are still working to fully understand the long-term effects of TFA.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
Big majorities said the ballot was easy to understand – the same result found in every poll of Maine voters over the last several years.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
In school, I’m one of six Black kids in a specialized music program; I have hair my classmates don’t understand and a complexion that garners assumptions.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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"Kids Like Me: Voices of the Immigrant Experience"
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