Example Sentences

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The technology will have two well-understood offsetting effects on the demand for labor in a given industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"This is a novel idea in planetary science, inspired by a well-understood idea in Earth science," said Austin Green, lead author and postdoctoral researcher at Virginia Tech.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

As customers “derive value from well-understood business cases, they’ll continue to invest in more innovation as we pour on the R&D,” McDermott said.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 29, 2025

One already well-understood source of glare is drivers retrofitting their vehicles, replacing old halogen bulbs with LEDs.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

The difference in experience between the two labs told the tale: to the veteran experimentalists of the Cavendish, contamination was a familiar and well-understood phenomenon, but not so to the brash bombardiers of Berkeley.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik