understanding
Example Sentences
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Does our society still have a coherent understanding of the human person capable of directing technological power toward genuinely human ends?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
"If we could get to grips with these processes, then we could use this understanding to create better solar cells, more efficient energy grid systems, and discover drugs for previously untreatable diseases," she said.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Observing what happens in this “quaint little town” on the border, she says, is crucial to understanding global geopolitics.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
"Because it's a memorandum of understanding for speed."
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
He says each word slowly, as if I’m not understanding something that should be obvious.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing understanding
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