understand
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It may not be the landmark L.A. asked for, but in Sayre Gomez’s painting “Vertigo,” you begin to understand why it’s the one we deserve.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
To understand why this is a problem, consider a simple exercise I ask reporters to perform when I run workshops on journalism and A.I.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
"Upon advice from our cyber security team, we understand that some personal data has been extracted by the hackers who carried out the cyber attack," the company told customers at the time.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
To better understand this process, researchers from The University of Tokyo, Japan, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA, explored how age-related stress affects HSCs.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026
To be honest, at the time I didn’t understand much of what they were talking about—only enough to know that I was on Mutti’s side.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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