understand
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Despite decades of research, scientists still do not fully understand why radioactive particles from Chornobyl break down at different speeds.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Winemakers are trying to understand and adapt to these new customers who care more about environmental and social justice practices than about brands.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
In particular, the fired researchers said they had raised concerns inside OpenAI about potential new AI designs, or “architectures,” that could accelerate capabilities, but make the systems even harder to understand or control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
“People didn’t understand it because they weren’t used to it. They were used to basic reggaeton,” Torres says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
He’d been too young to understand how ugly he was.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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The ticketing agency declined to comment further, but the BBC understands Glastonbury Festival was not responsible for the error.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
This is all incredibly normal, accepted behaviour which anyone who attends a concert regularly already understands.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
“Who understands the battlefield data and can make decisions faster, Russia or Ukraine—this side will have the biggest benefits,” says Danylo Tsvok, A1’s CEO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
"Peter Rice understands talent relations, and in a competitive market, creative talent have choices of where they want to work," Sarandos said on the call Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
To this day no one quite understands what happened next.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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El Mayer said he "fully understood" the allegations but denied dismissing Collins' feelings.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The cucuys are driven by being feared, but not understood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
They also emphasize the need to develop conservation protections quickly for these vulnerable mollusks, which are native to highly restricted environments and could face serious threats before their populations are fully understood.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
But I am an apple-picking person, and my Dad was an apple-picking person, and I think he understood even then that some things are worth risking an eye for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
He paused briefly on a drawing he’d never fully understood.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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“Over the years we’ve learned a lot more about how supernovae behave so we’ve been able to go back and apply that improved understanding to older data,” Mr. Camilleri said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Acquisition targets all have a clear understanding of cultural marketing or the entertainment industry, the better to help Common Interest capitalize on brands’ interest in those arenas, Freedman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the study found that understanding spoken language requires more than just decoding words.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Published in the journal Subterranean Biology, the discovery represents an important step forward in understanding the region's underground wildlife.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Everyone had been understanding, especially Cornelius, who definitely did not mind double meals.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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