understand
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The next step is to understand how the LypABC system is activated and how it controls the rupture of bacterial cells to release GTA particles.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
But the British driver added: "You'd understand if he stayed and you'd understand if he went."
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
The study suggested that governments get out in front of job losses by investing in “better occupational measurement” to help the public better understand and evaluate AI risks to employment.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
In “The Tempest,” Prospero comes to understand that “the rarer action is/ In virtue than in vengeance.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
But then I began to understand that she wasn’t judging me.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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