make (any) sense of

idiom

: to understand (something)

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Ruth, a neurotic businesswoman from New York, takes her charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor father on a journey to Poland to make sense of their family’s past. —Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024

In her forthcoming memoir, Between Two Trailers, Trent writes about her upbringing, in an attempt to make sense of it. —Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024

The movie imagines a worst-case scenario in which American society unravels beyond comprehension, and centers the frontline journalists trying to make sense of the ensuing chaos. —David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024

Politely passing on a chance to help the public make sense of a story that still doesn’t add up, Ohtani bowed and slipped out of the room. —Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024

How, though, to make sense of the finding that, in all seven states, a majority of respondents said that inflation has gone in the wrong direction during the past year? —John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2024

The extra economic capacity helps make sense of those too-strong economic indicators. —Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024

Throughout history, humans have leveraged their collective strength to make sense of thorny challenges and new threats. —Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024

There’s a conflicted visual style that’s half outside voyeur trying to make sense of the enigma that is John Sugar, and half Sugar’s own perspective on Hollywood. —Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024