understand
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Her husband is open to a trust, but he wants to be the administrator of the trust — which, I understand, could later be changed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
We take time to understand the customer, understand their perspectives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“We are committed to making sure veterans understand what they are capable of, and that could very well include education at an elite institution.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The answer: bring the second cast member — the theater audience — into the brainstorming session to help them understand and connect more deeply to the very human situation the main character finds himself in.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
He’d never remembered that moment of kindness, for he’d been too close to death to understand what was happening.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Our son understands that there will be costs associated with probating our wills.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Dennis Dahmer, who is 73, similarly understands the stakes of what the court has done by rolling back key protections the VRA established.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
No movie this year understands that better than “Obsession,” the $750,000 low-budget film directed by a 26-year-old that just surpassed $400 million at the global box office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The BBC understands that the party was not aware of the investigation into the payments from Britain Means Business.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
I love that no one else here understands it.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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Ruemmler said she declined to join Epstein’s 2019 defense team because the indictment alleged more sinister conduct than she had understood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The story behind Sabato Rodia’s obsession to create what remains one of L.A.’s most admired and least understood landmarks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
In his view, the group understood before many others that the "aperitivo" to be enjoyed before dinner had to become a fun ritual at once simple, elegant and accessible.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
My mother, an excellent cook, understood repetition better.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
He told me he thought I understood that this is how the Resistance works.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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It’s become more about the understanding that the buying experience is profoundly changing, and marketing is becoming more critical to that than ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
But Stevens more aptly fits the conventional understanding of electable, a point that her campaign is hammering home as its closing message.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Marian Nicholson, director of the Herpes Viruses Association, has lived with herpes for more than three decades and said public understanding had failed to keep pace with medical knowledge.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
This is worth doing now, rather than through a letter to be opened later — so you can see the benefit of deeper understanding while you’re still here.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Lucky that she is forgiving and understanding, and that she knows how to wear down anyone’s defenses.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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