understand
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Few understand the complex rules that govern investments within the accounts, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The host pressed that she didn’t understand what that meant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
AI usage is measured in "tokens", which are small chunks of text that AI systems use to understand, analyse and generate language.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“I always advise folks that you need to understand the industry you’re going into and what the norms are,” Boccardo said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Because only the Hollanders could understand the Dutch text, we would translate aloud in German.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Whitehall officials willing to move to Manchester have been told they will be offered relocation packages, the BBC understands.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
According to veteran observers of Israeli politics, Mr. Netanyahu understands that these policies are unpopular.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
He presents himself not as a political press secretary but as the experienced operator who understands what federal agents need and how immigration enforcement must work.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
"Now there are rules... laws that protect us. Maybe the maramba understands that, so they do not bother us too much anymore."
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Which is something Scoob understands beneath his skin and down in his bones somewhere but doesn’t know how to put into words.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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As a long-term shareholder in both companies, Norges Bank Investment Management said it understood the rationale for a combination and the proposal merited consideration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Meanwhile Blackstock remained in the Big Sky State, picking up his own dwelling, where he is understood to have been living with his partner, Brittney Marie Jones, who previously worked as an assistant to Clarkson.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Kuhn, Schiller writes, understood “the tension between the social so-called nothingness of old age and its vibrant realities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
It is understood the watchdog is considering a complaint of unjust or unfair treatment from a cast member of Married at First Sight UK.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Watching them, I understood what I’d spent so much time trying to ignore: being alone was better than being with people who didn’t care if I existed.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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Syrskiy’s Soviet-era military education instilled an understanding of ever-changing tactics, according to Mykola Bielieskov, a senior fellow at Ukrainian National Institute for Strategic Studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Prices had rallied in the early hours to fresh one-month highs, as U.S.-Iranian fighting further disrupted the recovery in supplies that many had anticipated when the two sides agreed to a memorandum of understanding.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
The U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding meant to halt the ongoing hostilities last month.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
"If we want to conduct a thorough assessment of low-frequency sounds and infrasound, we first need a better understanding of how sensory systems process low-frequency sound and infrasound," he said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
For example, in addition to understanding the spacecraft’s automatic control panel, he was taught how to manually control the capsule in the event that the automatic controls failed.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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