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understandable

[uhn-der-stan-duh-buhl] / ˌʌn dərˈstæn də bəl /




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So it’s understandable they would need to recharge by getting away from Washington from time to time.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

But today, female rage is increasingly positioned as understandable and even liberating.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Deutsche Bank analyst Steve Powers on Monday said that some price increases were understandable, given higher costs for fuel, ingredients, packaging and shipping.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

"We appreciate that the communities are worried and that is understandable, but the testing isn't necessarily going to give any good answers," said Prof Sarah Jones, consultant in environmental public health at PHW.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Those principles of crop development by artificial selection still serve as our most understandable model of the origin of species by natural selection.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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