understood

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Scientists have understood this effect for years, but experimentally demonstrating how to dramatically strengthen it has remained a challenge.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

"Under the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 and its July 2022 statutory guidance, a kirpan is clearly defined and understood to feature a curved blade," Singh's letter said.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

For the past two decades, their entire careers have played out in parallel, their greatness most easily understood in comparison to each other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“Within technology, semis and memory-related hardware stocks have had the best earnings revisions by far, but that is well understood by markets,” he adds.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

As if to show me he understood, Bo pressed himself more tightly against me.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler