understand
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To better understand these effects, the researchers used a series of models to connect diet, brain function, and healing.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026
"Some genuinely couldn't understand how it was happening."
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
“Somehow the general public doesn’t quite seem to understand that there are different hospices,” said Jennifer Moore Ballentine, chief executive of Coalition for Compassionate Care of California.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
To better understand why reordering American life trumped creating shareholder value, consider a recent paper that calculated the compound returns for publicly listed companies from 1925 to 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
I didn’t understand why she just stood there with her hands clasped until she glanced at me and ticked her head toward the door.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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