mutual understanding
Example Sentences
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"Showing awareness could suggest a degree of mutual understanding," but feigning ignorance signals that the issue could become a key bargaining point in any future talks with Trump, Hong said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The author dedicated her work to “the people of America with the fervent hope that our nations may come ever closer together in mutual understanding and sympathy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
“Mare of Easttown” captured that sense of mutual understanding in such a novel way, the star observed, “that I thought it kind of caught like wildfire. The best parts of that are alive in ‘Task.’
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025
It wasn’t like they had a strong “relationship,” but Smart said he and Doncic have “a mutual understanding and respect for each other” from meeting on the court in past seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
We have to meet as equals, with some mutual understanding and candor, before my mission can even begin.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
