understand
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Example Sentences
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Iranians who have left the country, she said, can’t fully understand what people inside the country are living through.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
"It is important that we preserve this, so that... generation after generation everybody will get to understand the importance of this and how Brazilians and Lagos came to be," carnival-goer Ademola Oduyebo told AP.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
To understand where the system breaks down, we must begin with PBMs — the middlemen hired by health plans to negotiate lower prices from drug manufacturers and manage prescription drug benefits for patients.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
“It’s a very unique situation where people can go and see the neighborhood, understand it better.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
What I believed, at first, was that there were things about this war that I did not understand, that were above my station and pay grade.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
