understand
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This, we wordlessly understand, represents how memories of the past can be at once factually inaccurate and emotionally true.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
The study also contributes to a growing scientific effort to understand creativity itself.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2026
Today’s grads, with their entire professional lives before them, understand they are on the precipice of something big and carry the anxiety that comes with this knowledge.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Leith added "the first time it touched me personally" was when she hired a young man who was "very good" but quit after three weeks and she couldn't understand why.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
“That word. Brightwood. I don’t understand why you used it.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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