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grasp

noun as in hold, grip

noun as in understanding

verb as in grab

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She said the Met leadership had never grasped "the significance, the scale and impact" of this culture.

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She offered three more chances of varying difficulty on 37, 50 and 53 and by the time a catch was finally taken in the 44th over, the game had slipped far from Sri Lanka's grasp.

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He jokingly asked for the ball, a request Kershaw declined as he kept it in his grasp.

“Neighbors that I talked to, we just wanted something to grasp onto that we’re actually moving forward. There’s some realization that we can get back home sooner rather than later.”

“Dr. Retsef is neither a public health practitioner nor a healthcare provider, which may be why he doesn’t appear to grasp this distinction.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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