understand
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Now that scientists better understand how to modify these materials, researchers say additional work is needed to improve their stability, predict their behavior more accurately, and evaluate their performance in real-world technologies.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
To understand why, imagine a scenario with no historical discrimination and fully colorblind policies.
From Slate • May 22, 2026
The mission of SpaceX is to “make life multiplanetary, to understand the true nature of the universe and to extend the light of consciousness to the stars.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
She described the flat as "beautiful", with a garden backing onto a park, and said she could not understand why it proved so hard to sell.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
I think I do understand what she and Nate have been trying to tell me.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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