make sense

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Black said his faith helps him make sense of the violence he witnessed and endured — not simply as the product of individual malice, but as something sustained by collective moral failure.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

The visual tool, developed by Medical iSight, aims to help patients make sense of complex procedures.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Regulatory developments have played a part in recent weeks but investors are also struggling to make sense of cryptos’ role in a landscape of mounting risks—is it a haven or not?

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Her concurrence is too cryptic, though, to be of much use to lower courts trying to make sense of Gorsuch’s maximalist rhetoric.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Captain Underpants was still out on the pile of mail in the kitchen, and that book did make sense.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff