understood

Example Sentences

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“Was it slow? Absolutely, but that was because everyone understood these places belong to the people.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

It wasn’t long after their final interview, held over dinner at Spago in Beverly Hills, that Kroenke understood he’d hit the jackpot.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

And it promised "enhanced financial disclosures" in future so that the value of the company can be "better assessed and understood".

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Among the alternatives is understood to be Frank Lampard, who has key admirers in the Palace boardroom.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

A bird fluttered down to a low branch and chirped as though he were saying something to Red, and I had the feeling she understood the bird, even though she pretended not to notice.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff