understandable
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At the same time, Wilmers thinks it is understandable that millennials would be frustrated that their incomes haven’t been keeping pace with GDP per capita.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
It’s understandable — and probably necessary — for the congressman to retreat, as he suggested, to spent time with his wife and family.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Checker said that the Sahel states have shown an "openness" to resuming security cooperation with the United States but that it would take time as there was a "severe, understandable trust deficit."
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
That perspective is understandable and, given the stakes, maybe even psychologically necessary.
From Slate • Apr. 8, 2026
It was understandable that Wagner might want to speculate about the art world of the future, one that would encompass within it all the arts, centred on human dramas of love, death and destiny.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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