understood

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Sir Adrian Fulford, a retired judge, is conducting a review into the process and it is understood he will look at whether the briefing given by Collard correctly summed up the vetting team's view.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

What looks like regression is often better understood as response.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

While she finds that not everything can be understood, there is beauty and solace in the journey itself — and maybe a kind of catharsis.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

In traditional financial markets, insider trading is widely agreed to be bad and understood to be illegal.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

It was enough to tell me that she had listened, and understood, and that she did not judge me.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo