understandable
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“It’s coming from a place of fear, and understandable, but this kind of pre-emptive compliance is what educators do, because we want to ensure that we’re doing things correctly.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
The drive to sweep us up into the beat-by-beat inevitability of history is understandable, but it prevents a more intimate savoring of the person who powered it all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
"It's tedious to get up early, wait, and then see your train cancelled, but it's understandable there's a strike," she said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
El-Sayed’s defensiveness, as he runs to be the nation’s first Muslim senator, is understandable.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
It also became apparent to us that Rosy’s difficulties with Maurice and Randall were connected with her understandable need for being equal to the people she worked with.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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