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comprehension

[kom-pri-hen-shuhn] / ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn ʃən /


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But I find myself wondering why another moral issue, much closer to home and shocking almost beyond comprehension, isn’t getting much play on the campaign trail.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

Archaeologist and prehistoric art specialist George Nash said the art could have been used as a "communication system" but that its meaning was something "way beyond our comprehension".

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

How does that aid comprehension, seeing as it isn’t a fastback?

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

Although Centaur was presented as a model capable of simulating cognition, its biggest limitation appears to be in language comprehension.

From Science Daily Apr. 30, 2026

I told Quentin my comprehension of it and he nodded.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

He may also be rushing through the text and not monitoring his own comprehensions.

From Slate Jan. 7, 2021

Reed and Wooten will be tasked with improving hitters’ comprehensions of technology-driven approaches and overseeing new catcher Jonathan Lucroy’s resurgence.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2019

Its strength must come from the uttermost parts of the land and must be compounded of brains and comprehensions of every sort.

From President Wilson's Addresses by George McLean Harper

He would cease to be a deity and would become one of ourselves were his nature and attributes brought down to the level of our comprehensions.

From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by James Fenimore Cooper

Says I, "I speak parabolickly;" and says I, in a very blind way, "Parables are used to fit the truth to weak comprehensions."

From Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician by Marietta Holley




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