understandable

Example Sentences

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The public at large bought into those efforts with little skepticism in the understandable desire to have Latinos star in the American story.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

The places where football players and managers are approached to sign autographs can vary from mundane and understandable to invasive and inappropriate.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The Gulf Arab caution is in one sense understandable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

It’s understandable that CF’s stock surged after the start of the conflict, because the company is a “pure-play” nitrogen producer, and farmers have no option but to use nitrogen if planting corn, Rodriguez wrote.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

I guess Nemur’s fear of being revealed as a man walking on stilts among giants is understandable.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes