- present participle of understand.
understanding
Example Sentences
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“The thing is to always be looking around, understanding where you fit,” he added, and “not to deny, not to double down, but to actually assess whether someone has found your weaknesses.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The singer likes L.A., though she hasn’t quite “figured out my work life here,” she says, meaning a fine-grained understanding of “work friends vs. friend friends,” as she puts it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Debris from dying cells is a major contributor to inflammatory responses, so understanding how tissues remove that material may reveal new clues about what happens when the cleanup process fails.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026
Fellow pupil Aydin said the technology should be used as a tool to aid understanding rather than provide easy answers.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
It’s when she says that, that a new understanding of my reality creeps into place — one that I know Dad wouldn’t want me to know about.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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