understand
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Example Sentences
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There are more people in the U.S. who understand the value of our soy sauce than there are in Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
“Seriously, I cannot understand why he’d post this,” she wrote.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
He said: "Ours is very much more looking at sewerage indicators and, where we find those, we can then begin to work to understand where they've come from."
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
“The lag obscures the connection, but it doesn’t break it. Retirees on fixed incomes managing multiple prescriptions need to understand that today’s oil prices are tomorrow’s drug costs.”
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
The wolf cub did not at all understand what was going on.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Vocabulary lists containing understand
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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