understood

Example Sentences

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Jackson suggested that defense counsel’s words could fairly be understood to mean she was prepared to make the showing and asking for the opportunity to do so.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

Given the magnitude of what is on the horizon on the pitch, all parties are understood to agree that it isn't the right time with the full focus on the season finale.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

But without understanding the context of the Emancipation Proclamation, emancipation appears merely tactical—and not what Lincoln understood it to be: a moral reckoning carried out under extraordinary political and personal pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

“This story will come down to executing on a well understood and bullish forecast and we think the narrative is shifting more toward Optics where it belongs.”

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

But he understood the disappointment Glory was feeling because he’d felt it so often.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova