understanding
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"We recognise it was an accident, you know when young people play sometimes their sense of judgement is impaired either by excitement or by not understanding what is happening at that particular time."
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
One way of understanding why this is a winning combination: To reduce your portfolio’s volatility by a fifth, you would need to sell 20% of your stocks and put the proceeds into T-Bills.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
The building, formally known as the George C. Page Museum, opened in 1977, when both the collection and scientists’ understanding of it were significantly smaller.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Instead he is pursuing a memorandum of understanding with Iran that would extend the ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Once upon a time, when he’d been a good student at school, he’d been an expert at grammar, understanding when to use that or which or who or whom.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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