understand
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Because of this, understanding how vitamin B2 metabolism influences ferroptosis could eventually help scientists better understand a wide range of diseases involving excessive or insufficient cell death.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
“This all assumes the systems can be produced at high enough yields to be deployed at scale for highly demanding customers, which we understand has yet to happen.”
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
To understand the scale of Russkaya Obshina's activities, BBC Eye analysed images and videos from more than 21,000 posts from 2020-25, from the group's main social media channels.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Ralph coauthored a scientific paper that sought to understand specifically why 2010-11, 2016-17 and 2022-23 were very wet years in California despite the existence of La Niña.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
It’s this moment that makes me realize that she’ll understand what Mom never will, and maybe Mom was right, forcing me to come here.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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