- present participle of understand.
understanding
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Schramm, a former television executive, was ahead of his time in understanding that professional sports was essentially part of the entertainment business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
By revealing how fresh magma accumulates beneath a volcano responsible for one of Earth's most extraordinary eruptions, the research brings scientists closer to understanding the processes that eventually make such colossal events possible.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Rather than educate users how to use their privacy settings, the judge wrote, Zuckerberg chose to “capitalize on that lack of understanding in order to manipulate users into sharing more of their personal information publicly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
There was nothing like that forward-facing sense of understanding or empathy when she first encountered Ramaswamy during his presidential run.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026
“It’s my understanding that opposing counsel has offered a sentence of two and a half years in juvenile detention,” Mother said.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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