understanding

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It really shifted when marketers started understanding that they need to actually know what they’re paying for.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Institutions such as the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum preserve specimens for decades, allowing new insights to emerge as scientific understanding evolves.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

"Our new engagement strategy aims to increase understanding and enable participation in the work of the assembly, including bringing more people to Parliament Buildings," it added.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

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

Draw you in, make you say something caring and understanding, then punch you on the arm and tell you what an idiot you are for falling for it.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler