comprehension

Intertitle cards bridged some comprehension gaps, but skilled directors used them sparingly.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

Robert Bush has been jailed for 20 years for defrauding nearly 200 families, with the court saying he "caused anguish and pain on a scale beyond comprehension".

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

The findings suggest that important cognitive abilities, including language comprehension and prediction, may not depend on conscious awareness.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026

That number is beyond your comprehension, but WSJ can help.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

He no longer tried to fight, but acted stunned as if for the first time there was some illumination, some comprehension of the enormity of the resistance in a once placid kingdom.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

You may be able to explain it to yourself—no doubt you are—but to our more limited comprehensions it must remain inexplicable.

From With Edged Tools by Henry Seton Merriman

The artist who can mold a statue worthy to crown magnificence like this, must be godlike in his conceptions, grand in his comprehensions, sublimely beautiful in his power of execution.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

"Yes," she said, watching belated comprehensions flood up into his face, "that was it."

From Star-Dust by Fannie Hurst