understand
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Following all serious crashes, the teams "debrief immediately afterwards", she said, because it was "important we understand any learning from those incidents and what we can take into our future planning".
From BBC • May 26, 2026
For Mistral, the move represents an opportunity to delve into a niche and highly technical arena where users expect increasingly capable models that understand jurisdictional nuances and comply with data-privacy requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Store-count milestones are easy for investors to understand and often produce strong valuation narratives, especially when companies position themselves as long-term consumer penetration stories in China’s smaller cities.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
“You can understand this story, and that’s why it translated so well into a tour because at the heart of it, it’s really a mother-daughter love story.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
“I speak English and understand most words under three syllables.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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