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But I’ve also come to understand that millennials prefer to be more freewheeling, less regimented and “corporate,” than baby boomers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
As Fielder clarifies the punchline, Holmes breaks down in tears across from him, frustrated that she can’t understand.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
To understand how methane absorption changes over time, the researchers examined an extensive collection of soil gas measurements gathered through the FVA's long-running monitoring program.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Now, we can understand the people who did achieve their goal, versus those who did not.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
“Uncle Max,” my dad said finally, giving a look I didn’t understand.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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No one understands their audience better than she does, knowing comedy relies as much on observation as on good, old-fashioned slapstick.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Although he is enjoying his posting, Legrand understands why some young educators leave the profession.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Perhaps because she understands that the internet is not real life, and that her message is resonating with a silent majority.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
BBC Sport understands the club's fertility fund is worth £189,000, shared between 27 players - equivalent to £7,000 each.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Kat is her best friend, so she understands.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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It’s one of the great power ballads of the last 25 years, with a chorus as cathartic as any in modern pop; Cyrus, the showbiz lifer, surely understood the payoff she was building toward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The Dodgers understood that this outcome was a possibility when the season began.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Almost no one understood the key points,” Hibbs said.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
This does not necessarily mean that the anesthetized patients consciously understood the stories being played to them.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Sometimes she stood up for me, and I understood why.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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She added she understood people's concerns around the freshness of the food but her "understanding is that the meals are actually frozen rather than artificially preserved".
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Rather, they indicate that understanding the biological changes occurring inside aging muscles may be necessary to develop more effective strategies for preventing muscle decline.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
We’ll soon get a better understanding of those injuries, and whether rest, rehabilitation and/or surgery might be recommended for each one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Some problems are too complex for easy understanding or remedy, but this isn’t one of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Beginning with the 2014 expedition, DNA began to play an important role in understanding the origins of artifacts other than human remains.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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