understanding

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These findings provide a clearer picture of how ocean currents, atmospheric conditions, and shifting continents worked together to reshape Earth's climate, offering valuable context for understanding future changes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

"He had the ambition, and after talking to the management, they came to an understanding so ultimately everything that happened was correct for both sides," added Borges.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

If Charlottesville taught journalists to be wary of amplifying ideology, the current moment demands an understanding that, in an attention economy, amplification itself is the ideology.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

The entire legal profession has operated on this understanding for more than a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Maggie’s “preacher” promised and promised, never once understanding why the Fox women had grown skeptical.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock