understandable
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As the chart below shows, it’s understandable for investors to feel anxious.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Kudla added that it’s understandable why all the brokerages with an allocation to the SpaceX IPO will try to push it hard to individual investors.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
That said, the confusion is understandable, given the amount of hand-wringing over dating recessions and falling birth rates we regularly hear about.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
For the Spurs players, the instant exuberance was understandable, but embarrassment should have quickly descended on them as they listened to their supporters chanting "We Are Staying Up".
From BBC • May 24, 2026
For understandable reasons, though, the Ainu found it prudent to kill and eat the cubs at the age of one year.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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