understandable
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While that is understandable, it’s also unfair to GE’s prospects as a business.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Lord Richard Hermer, the attorney general and one of the most senior Jewish politicians in the country, tells the BBC: "The fear in my community is palpable, and understandable."
From BBC • May 2, 2026
If you have a sense of deja vu, it’s understandable.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
“I’m very lucky to have a woman who speaks to me in a way that is understandable without being condescending,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
This means, as Stephen Hawking has observed with a touch of understandable excitement, that one cannot "predict future events exactly if one cannot even measure the present state of the universe precisely!"
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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