understand
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Those are two criteria that used to be among the most important in the days when humans put together pairings, so you can understand why old-timers are having a hard time adjusting.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
To understand how the U.S. arrived in this predicament, let’s take a step back.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
The discovery may also help researchers better understand why some obesity treatments succeed while others fail.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2026
He was enamored with the Russian giants, writing in 1953 that “those fertilized by both Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, who understand them both equally well,” have “an always formidable nature, with themselves and with others.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
‘I don’t understand any of this!’ he cried.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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