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understandable

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




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This reluctance to respond publicly is understandable, but it’s also depriving us of a critical perspective from the very people this affects.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

While that is understandable, it’s also unfair to GE’s prospects as a business.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

That, combined with his understandable nervousness, caused him to short-arm his first fastball, which sailed at Cey’s head, sending him sprawling into the dirt.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

If the goal is purely competitive success, the current trajectory is understandable.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

It was understandable that Wagner might want to speculate about the art world of the future, one that would encompass within it all the arts, centred on human dramas of love, death and destiny.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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