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understanding

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






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Such seamless technologies teach us that repair and understanding is not our role and that such proficiency and knowledge is unnecessary.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

“People are slapping the FDE title on sales engineering without really understanding how Palantir did FDE or why it worked so well.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

These discoveries helped establish that life can exist without sunlight, reshaping scientific understanding of extreme environments.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

“My focus was on not understanding war and hatred and bigotry,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Plans to send a man into space, a manned flight to the moon, weather satellites, and other very ambitious objectives, like understanding zero-gravity weightlessness, would all be part of NASA’s work.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson