understandable
Example Sentences
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That was understandable given how bereft the home fans would have been after the Bosnia defeat.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Despite the age gap, the off-kilter attraction between Dianne and Sam is understandable, given how unhappy both of them are with their stuck lives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
The public at large bought into those efforts with little skepticism in the understandable desire to have Latinos star in the American story.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
It’s understandable that CF’s stock surged after the start of the conflict, because the company is a “pure-play” nitrogen producer, and farmers have no option but to use nitrogen if planting corn, Rodriguez wrote.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
Given all this, it is perhaps understandable that Alexander dreamed instead of going in the other direction—that is, of building a thousand ships and invading Carthage and Italy.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.