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At a time when Americans’ grasp of personal-finance concepts is on the decline and many students don’t receive training in financial literacy in school, providing support “doesn’t require writing a check,” he added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

At its core, anthropology is an effort to grasp what makes us human.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

“But to be here in the Getty with my photographs, I don’t think he could grasp that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

"Children, seeing the army enter, don't grasp the gravity of the situation," said the local ambulance crew, Hadi al-Naasan.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

In some respects he repeated the error of his ways in the third game as well: letting a potential—or at least a possible—win slip through his grasp and drift into a draw.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

His left hand gently grasps a ceremonial sword while his extended right hand is open and welcoming, rather than pointed and dictatorial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

How important is it to you that the listener grasps everything that’s going on in your music?

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

Although she grasps the issues that can arise with the product, she says, most of her life is pretty well documented anyway.

From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026

She also grasps that comedy reigns on the Internet.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2025

She grasps for something, anything, that she can ask this boy—a question that no one but Enrique can answer.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

The road to recovery is long, and some patients "still haven't really grasped the magnitude of what happened to them," Bianca Damaso, a physician specializing in prosthetics, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Stories of first times, of big feelings imperfectly grasped, of life coming into focus for better or worse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Even Pochettino said that he realized early on that the team’s culture was worse than he had grasped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

He said the market already grasped his approach and pointed to falling volatility, lower Treasury yields and expectations that inflation would decline over the coming year or two as early evidence his strategy is succeeding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Closer and closer he swam… he reached out towards the bottom -he grasped a handful of icy mud.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

As children, we sense the edges of these silences without fully grasping them.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

Brands grasping for attention may also miss a true shift as men go online to learn more about products like cologne than their fathers ever knew, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Or David Seaman grasping at thin air as Ronaldinho's free-kick found its way into the back of the net in the quarter-final loss to Brazil in 2002.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

One reason for the fascination with Musk’s status as a “trillionaire” may be the very human difficulty of grasping such a big number.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

“I am sorry!” said Roz, gently grasping the woman’s shoulder.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown