understanding
Example Sentences
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“People are slapping the FDE title on sales engineering without really understanding how Palantir did FDE or why it worked so well.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
Institutions such as the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum preserve specimens for decades, allowing new insights to emerge as scientific understanding evolves.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
But these earlier images deepen our understanding of the social causes that mattered to him, echoing scenes from Vietnam and domestic race riots that clearly shaped a pacifist perspective.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
“I’ve gotten a lot better at understanding what it means to slow down and to share that with someone,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
Kennedy had ordered the resumption of underground testing of H-bombs in September, and he wanted a better understanding of the dangers of fallout.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.