understanding
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User-friendly design can save lives by allowing for legibility and shared understanding, making it safer to run nuclear power plants, air traffic control towers, and robotic surgical systems.
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
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
But these earlier images deepen our understanding of the social causes that mattered to him, echoing scenes from Vietnam and domestic race riots that clearly shaped a pacifist perspective.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
I look up at Emma, expecting to see understanding or compassion.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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