understandable

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Checker said that the Sahel states have shown an "openness" to resuming security cooperation with the United States but that it would take time as there was a "severe, understandable trust deficit."

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

That perspective is understandable and, given the stakes, maybe even psychologically necessary.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2026

Clearly, reliability is an issue, but that's understandable in their first year as a power-unit manufacturer.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The public at large bought into those efforts with little skepticism in the understandable desire to have Latinos star in the American story.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

“That's quite understandable if his brother, really has disappeared. But tell me: How could that happen? Were they on their own?”

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke