understandable
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That, combined with his understandable nervousness, caused him to short-arm his first fastball, which sailed at Cey’s head, sending him sprawling into the dirt.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
If you have a sense of deja vu, it’s understandable.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
David Phillips said this is perhaps understandable when parties are seeking votes.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
“I’m very lucky to have a woman who speaks to me in a way that is understandable without being condescending,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
We needed to make the complexity of the case and the multiple ways that Walter's rights had been violated coherent and understandable to the judge.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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