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understandable

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




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It's understandable that you're feeling a mix of emotions right now, especially with everything going on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Not paying off your student loans can be an understandable temptation, especially when you’re facing what feels like an insurmountable amount of debt.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

O'Neill suggested that would be understandable if his side were holding on to a lead in the final stages.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

That perspective is understandable and, given the stakes, maybe even psychologically necessary.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 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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