understood

Example Sentences

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Not like he understood the assignment of rehabilitating his image, but with the sincerity of someone who appreciates what’s actually hard.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Lots of BDC investors used to think they understood what they owned.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

In France, as elsewhere, that shift is beginning to reshape how public opinion is measured, understood - and potentially influenced.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Although scientists have long understood the basics of this process, studying its detailed structure at the nanometer scale inside intact human cells has remained challenging.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

And the tree told me something that my heart understood, but it wasn’t in words.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan