1
as in knows
to have a clear idea of
do you apprehend the importance of this discovery?
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as in arrests
to take or keep under one's control by authority of law
the agency charged with apprehending criminals who have violated federal law
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Recent Examples of apprehends
John Early, as anyone encountering his work soon apprehends, chooses the latter.
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Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
Though the team immediately apprehends a suspect, the Marshals end up taking criticism from both sides.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
Neighbors are now living in fear, looking on as ICE apprehends people of color across Minnesota.
—Jason Rantala, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
The team successfully seizes two tons of gold and apprehends the leader of the criminal network.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
Suppose the number is read in one case out of a hundred, and that the information reaches someone who apprehends the culprit in one case out of one thousand.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
Though the team immediately apprehends a suspect, the Marshals end up taking criticism from both sides.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
Neighbors are now living in fear, looking on as ICE apprehends people of color across Minnesota.
—Jason Rantala, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
The team successfully seizes two tons of gold and apprehends the leader of the criminal network.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
Suppose the number is read in one case out of a hundred, and that the information reaches someone who apprehends the culprit in one case out of one thousand.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprehends
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Nobody knows how often adverse events occur, said Kristen Nixon, a Johns Hopkins University researcher who has studied posts about weight loss drugs on Reddit, a popular online forum.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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She’s made a career out of being a normal person who knows a lot about technology but never gets carried away by sci-fi fantasies.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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Keith arrests our thinking, and cons us into suppressing our critical faculties with the same kind of internalized surveillance that philosopher Michel Foucault broke down to describe a prison’s use of the panopticon in Discipline and Punish.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Devlin throws a punch at Stone when the chief arrests him for drunken driving.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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Even now, the psychological moves of the book’s last moments, how and what Maeve understands, feel to me provisional, blurry, to be co-created with the reader.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Ahamed really understands the American economy as part of a global economic system—something that a lot of other writers refuse to do.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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Trump seizes America’s 250th-birthday spotlight, headlining the Great American State Fair, hosting a UFC bout at the White House and promoting new passports, $250 bills and coins bearing his image.—
Will Weissert,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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Ellie brings up the salad and seizes the opportunity to take credit for her part in making lunch.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
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The Champion of the Month Award recognizes volunteers, and Fontaine was one of the first recipients.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
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Cops have released a video of the woman in the hopes someone recognizes her.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
5 June 2026
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Alligator Alcatraz houses a few hundred employees in trailers and detains about 650 male immigrants in large tents; until a few weeks ago, the number of those being detained was nearly 1,500.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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What are your rights if ICE detains you?—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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In an oppositional reading of a media text, the audience comprehends that the message conflicts with or contradicts their personal experiences of society.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
5 May 2026
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In the end, A Guardian and a Thief is a story that comprehends hunger more deeply than the world that produces it.—
Tope Folarin,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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Kennedy then pins the snake’s head and grabs it by the mouth, avoiding any potential venomous bites.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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Davis grabs two suitcases off the belt, pulls out a handheld computer that looks like an extra-rugged iPad, and scans the bar codes on the luggage tags.—
Joel Rose,
NPR,
26 May 2026
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“Apprehends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprehends. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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