understand
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"Webb's observations can help us understand how the galaxy and its little red dot-like nucleus are connected."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
I am not sure that all retail traders understand the risks associated with those products.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
“Now employers are really digging into a résumé and trying to truly understand the full story behind what did those moves entail.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
“People don’t understand that we were extremely close to our parents,” Kucha adds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
What I did understand, what was awful and alarming, was that this was the day I was to start school.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
BBC Sport understands that there have been preliminary discussions between the three confederations over breakaway competitions, should Infantino remain in situ.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Ryan Lucas, aka “The Pickled Guy” on social media, understands this firsthand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Castillo, at a hearing earlier this year, said she understands the concept of gene-editing animals for health reasons, but doesn’t want to see the alterations for cosmetic reasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Segura continued that he’s not the type of guy who’s an “open book” with his personal life, and that he understands the public’s interest in their divorce, whether they are trolls or heartbroken fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
From the silence, I know everyone understands what he means, too.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
The former Starbucks exec has not yet revealed what he plans to do with his longtime Seattle mansion, which he and his wife are understood to have purchased in 1997.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Reactivation of Anelloviridae, a poorly understood family of viruses that typically remains latent in about 90 percent of the population, showed a prominent association with long-term physical disability and long COVID.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Although he understood Opel's need to remain competitive globally, he worried that a strategy of cutting German engineering expertise could eventually "come back to haunt them in the long run".
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Looking at it, I understood immediately why someone might happily pay cocktail prices for a drink without alcohol.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
I do not want it understood that the Catholic Church has advised me to make these public disclosures and confessions.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Fagan said the leadership campaign was about "more than understanding what went wrong" for the party.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Master of many: Diving into specific roles was essential to understanding her company inside out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Namely: They have all the money, yet they have zero taste, and little understanding of why people enjoy certain forms of art over others.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
They also add important detail to scientists' understanding of how diet interacts with the microbiome.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
He says each word slowly, as if I’m not understanding something that should be obvious.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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