understanding

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Chesterton was raised in a high-minded Unitarianism whose morals he approved but whose understanding of God he found too thin to support the changes that he, as a man of the left, wanted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“I’ve gotten a lot better at understanding what it means to slow down and to share that with someone,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

They seemed to be genuinely grappling with the administration’s arguments about why the long-accepted understanding of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause is wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Each new species adds to scientists' understanding of biodiversity, especially in groups like termites, which include only about 3,000 known species worldwide.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

It’s when she says that, that a new understanding of my reality creeps into place — one that I know Dad wouldn’t want me to know about.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam