understand
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Example Sentences
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“I didn’t understand your reference to the possible destruction of your career. You didn’t mean to infer that this committee was bringing you here because of any effect on your career?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
“I understand why many people would say just get out of here, but that’s not what we believe. We don’t believe in allowing people like this to terrorize the community,” Cunin said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
For one, investors and businesses may need to find and build new data sources to understand current economic conditions.
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
To understand how stress has changed over time along the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults, as well as at Cajon Pass, the team developed a physics-based four-dimensional earthquake cycle model.
From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026
I don’t understand how the life I thought I had has come to this.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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