understand
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I didn’t understand a lot of this world, but I did grow up on Wonder Woman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocated for a coordinated slowdown of AI development to better understand the risks arising from the technology's capabilities.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
She couldn’t understand why we could diagnose her osteoarthritis early yet couldn’t slow it down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The findings may also help scientists better understand how Earth's continents developed and how the planet gradually evolved into its modern form.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
"With all due respect, you don't understand," Sancho said.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
“It’s not clear the president understands the technology. He may just be figuring out what all of this means.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"The National Intelligence Service currently assesses that Kim Ju Ae is being groomed as the successor and understands she has a younger sibling of unknown gender," the agency said, reaffirming its conclusion on succession.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
"Western intelligence understands a great deal about China," says Sam Olsen of Sibylline.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
“I doubt he’ll deliver, but at least he understands what they need.”
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Boo understands more than you think,” I say.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
It is also understood Home Office ministers and the Metropolitan Police are in close contact with the US embassy on this matter as investigations continue.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Alzheimer's disease cannot be understood one layer at a time," said Jian Ma, the Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology who led and supervised the study.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Rather than retreat into antiseptic corporate language, it followed the safety message with another language its customers understood: cheap Taco Bell.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
I called my parents to say I was OK, not sure how well they understood the geography of lower Manhattan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Fox sisters’ new process for communicating with the dead was understood similarly.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Amid the outcry, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called Saturday for AI companies to "pace the frontier" -- or coordinate a slowdown in the technology's development -- to allow a better understanding of the risks arising.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
“If we’re not tracking and not just understanding the numbers, but understanding the why behind the numbers, we have no ability to respond,” Knight said.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Schanzer contends that learning about 9/11 and understanding its impact remains crucial for younger generations without first-hand knowledge.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
This means understanding one’s own value becomes one of the most important future skills of all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Reichstag, the German parliament, had passed a Peace Resolution, calling for “a peace of understanding and the permanent reconciliation of peoples without the forcible acquisition of territory.”
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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