understanding
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“They have craved an understanding of the underlying order in the world.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
"We now have a better understanding of the basic assumptions we can make, as well as stronger techniques for translating these assumptions into properties of scattering amplitudes and other observables."
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
The Premier League has a more lenient approach to handball, understanding the natural movements of players, but the VAR review should have been accepted.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
It wasn’t until I went to college that I started understanding that I had my own brain.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
I want to freeze it in time: us, here together, connected by an unbreakable understanding and more love than I have ever felt for this gentle, frail, strong old lady.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Vocabulary lists containing understanding
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