make (any) sense of
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: to understand (something)
We couldn't make (any) sense of the instructions.
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Parents of pupils and neighbors of the school struggled to make sense of the event.
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Reuters, NBC news, 11 June 2025
After four days of protests, shopkeepers in downtown Los Angeles began on Tuesday to sweep up glass, board up windows and try to make sense of the violence that erupted during the demonstrations against immigration raids near the heart of the city.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
If data is the new oil, as it is often posited, Databricks is a source that companies are increasingly tapping into to make sense of the potential riches.
—Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 10 June 2025
This could constitute a kind of coping mechanism to make sense of their failures—not just in romantic relationships but also in education and employment, according to a paper published in the journal Gender, Work, & Organization.
—ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025
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Reuters, NBC news, 11 June 2025
After four days of protests, shopkeepers in downtown Los Angeles began on Tuesday to sweep up glass, board up windows and try to make sense of the violence that erupted during the demonstrations against immigration raids near the heart of the city.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
If data is the new oil, as it is often posited, Databricks is a source that companies are increasingly tapping into to make sense of the potential riches.
—Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 10 June 2025
This could constitute a kind of coping mechanism to make sense of their failures—not just in romantic relationships but also in education and employment, according to a paper published in the journal Gender, Work, & Organization.
—ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025
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