understanding

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With the understanding that nothing dispels an air of mystery like a hashtag, a number of modern speakeasy successors have clamped down on social-media posts or even phone use altogether.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The desire, or compulsion, to document this moment seems to come from a shared understanding that the opening of “sister dreamer,” all of us here together, is a historic event.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

"This allows us to gain a better understanding of how the substances work and determine the optimum composition of the toothpaste's active ingredients," Schilling explains.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

"Had the agencies involved in this episode had a remotely adequate understanding of AR's risk history, AR would have been arrested on this occasion," the report said.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

“Constance, can’t you be more understanding? I’ve business to attend to. Men’s business. And the club’s accommodations are far more suitable for that sort of thing than this ridiculous frou-frou of a house, what?”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood