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understanding

[uhn-der-stan-ding] / ˌʌn dərˈstæn dɪŋ /






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Mr. Shear, a New Yorker, has made a movie that has an intuitive understanding of how the city’s random vectors intersect with each other.

From The Wall Street Journal

Among your social circle, establish what West calls “an informal understanding” that you will check on each other if one of you needs long-term care.

From MarketWatch

"Our findings create an important foundation for a better understanding of functional processes in lysosomes and the function of the TMEM175 channel, which was contested before now," say the authors.

From Science Daily

Klosterman’s tool may help answer arguably more complex questions than poppy or no poppy, such as a more precise understanding of the conditions the flowers need to thrive.

From Los Angeles Times

Associate Professor Worthy says the discovery fills a major gap in understanding the country's past.

From Science Daily