understand

Example Sentences

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"For too long, this department has sent our best and brightest officers to Harvard, hoping the university would better understand and appreciate our warrior class," Hegseth said.

From BBC

As an executive at Hershey, it’s Rinaldi’s duty to know important dates years in advance to understand how it could affect the company’s ability to sell chocolates, sweets and sugary confections.

From The Wall Street Journal

Weicksel said it’s important for the public to know how the administration is aiming to shape institutions essential to the nation’s culture and ability to understand itself and its past.

From Salon

The result is often human-created slop that serves the same function as artificial intelligence-generated filler: generating clicks, creating the appearance of content while contributing nothing durable to public understanding.

From Salon

The BBC understands his position is that he has not acted in any way criminally and that he was not motivated by financial gain.

From BBC