understood

Example Sentences

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The three-judge panel said it understood Murrin’s “frustration” over facing a hefty bill “due to the wrongdoing of someone other than her. But we are bound by statute.”

From MarketWatch

“That somebody understood what I was going through and made it easier.”

From MarketWatch

He understood the role of the press in communicating the Fed’s thinking and in burnishing his reputation.

From Barron's

It is understood that the chancellor and prime minister chose to intervene to ensure the project would go ahead, in part to protect UK jobs.

From BBC

But before building ever-faster defensive agents, we must address a deeper vulnerability: Much of the software underpinning critical systems today is poorly understood by its own operators.

From The Wall Street Journal