understandable
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If you have a sense of deja vu, it’s understandable.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
So the urge to immediately purchase property abroad is understandable.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
David Phillips said this is perhaps understandable when parties are seeking votes.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 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
Milton no longer had any brain waves, so it was understandable why, hovering in the Cadillac, he might have forgotten that the Zebra Room had burned down long ago.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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