understand
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"This simulation allows us to understand how stresses in the fault system build up over centuries," continues Burkhard.
From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026
When I was a teenager struggling to understand exactly who I am, I took that to heart.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026
One of the key issues is that models don't understand, as humans do, what they are producing or what they are being asked not to do.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
Three-fourths of school-going children couldn’t read or understand a simple story by the end of primary school.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
I think I do understand what she and Nate have been trying to tell me.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Vocabulary lists containing understand
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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