understood

Example Sentences

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He didn’t think Tomás understood a word the priest was saying, but that wasn’t the point.

From Literature

Clearly, she had not understood until then the magnitude of their loss.

From Literature

He said Vonn, having endured multiple injuries and surgeries to both knees, understood the risks to her own body the way few athletes do.

From Los Angeles Times

Until now, scientists have never fully understood why this cancer advances so fast.

From Science Daily

This patchy structure allows ferrihydrite to interact with carbon in more ways than scientists previously understood.

From Science Daily