understand
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In offering not just the data, but also AI-driven systems to organize and analyze it, they promise to make their intelligence more accessible for a government hungry to understand what’s happening around the globe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
"We know bill clarity has been a particular source of frustration, which is why we have launched a programme to redesign them, so they are easier to understand," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
"I understand that all the political rhetoric is uncomfortable and of course we stand 100 percent with Denmark. There's no question about it," Stubb said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
I think my job is to get people to understand why they’re making the choices they’re making, even if they don’t agree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
“La, I understand why you’re doing this. But fair warning, you’re making a difficult thing nearly impossible.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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The BBC understands the company owed tens of thousands in unpaid prizes to its customers before it stopped trading.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The incident on Saturday was not the result of hostile action, the BBC understands.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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
“Steve is in for a very rude awakening, and the fact that he can’t see it coming just shows how little he understands the job he’s asking for.“
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Not everyone fully understands the true power of ABBA, but you'll be hard-pressed to find an Iranian who doesn't love their entire catalog of music.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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Gudrun Schumann, 72, a retired physician who wandered past the rally, said she understood the AfD appeals to voters angry over mounting problems with healthcare, education and the cost of living.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Swinney said he understood the environmental concerns over hyperscale data centres.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Malls are outperforming every other commercial-property type as more investors bet that enclosed shopping centers have more staying power than previously understood, the Journal’s Kate King writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"These winds were thought to be contained within the galaxy, but our study revealed that the force is immensely more powerful than previously understood."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
I understood: the three of us were ill.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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"This work represents a major step forward in understanding how aging reshapes the human genome in brain cells," said Nathan Zemke, Director of Single-cell Genomics at the Center for Epigenomics at UC San Diego.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
“The biggest repricing recently has been the market’s understanding of where average policy rates might sit,” says Jonathan Hill, head of U.S. inflation market strategy at Barclays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Building relationships and understanding how an organisation operates is equally important," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
There was "scant evidence" of the understanding and documentation of the risks of taking the drug, the review team found.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“I believe in understanding your baseline before you start anything at all,” Dr. Achebe said.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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