understood

Example Sentences

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If designers understood the hurdles that users faced, they could reduce the friction between intention and action by making the machine intuitive to use.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

And Karp understood the influence of names in making his company and his employees work the way he wanted.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

That year, a customer understood to be Amazon—which comprised half its annual sales at the time—drastically pulled back orders.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

That has been understood to mean that people within the United States are subject to the laws here, except for foreign diplomats and, for a time, Native Americans who lived on tribal reservations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

For the first time, he understood what the word priceless meant.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova