understanding
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If both sides can develop a common understanding of district finances, reaching a deal may be more likely.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
These findings provide a clearer picture of how ocean currents, atmospheric conditions, and shifting continents worked together to reshape Earth's climate, offering valuable context for understanding future changes.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
It requires an understanding of how search behaviour is changing.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
If Charlottesville taught journalists to be wary of amplifying ideology, the current moment demands an understanding that, in an attention economy, amplification itself is the ideology.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
It gives you an understanding that is distinctly, wholly yours.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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