understand
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The cave also contained fossils of an extinct ancestor of the takahē, helping scientists better understand the evolution of this well-known New Zealand bird.
From Science Daily
“Iran has to have anticipated this weakness and gained understanding from Russia on what this means and how it can be exploited,” he added.
"President Xi understood that it's very important for the president to be here throughout these combat operations right now," Leavitt said at a press briefing on Wednesday.
From BBC
"Markets understand this dynamic, and they also tend to inflect before the political endgame is formally in place."
From Barron's
“What they fail to understand is that daily tweets driving volatility in both the commodity market and the equity market isn’t good for anybody,” said Mark Viviano, a managing partner at energy investment firm Kimmeridge.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
