understanding
Example Sentences
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The authors note that understanding which ecological traits increase exposure could help policymakers identify the ecosystems and communities most at risk.
From Science Daily
And with his new series, Thorne hopes to develop our understanding of the boys' behaviour in Lord of the Flies, showing their cruelty as well as their fragility.
From BBC
It could inflate the ego, create a false understanding of reality and, in some bizarre instances, make him believe he is omnipotent.
I’m no closer to understanding Dad or to knowing who this band is.
From Literature
Because it was well recorded, both in film and in eyewitness accounts, volcanologists gained an understanding of what a blast from the side of a volcano, rather than from its top, might do.
From Literature
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