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as in realizes
to come to an awareness of
she caught on to the fact that they were planning a surprise party
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as in knows
to have a clear idea of
he finally caught on to the concept of phototaxis
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catches on (to)
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An education and outreach specialist for Connections for the Homeless, Yarger realizes there is a thin line between living paycheck to paycheck and becoming homeless.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026 -
But vengeance demons don’t grant wishes to be helpful and Cordelia soon realizes she’s made a dreadful mistake.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 June 2026
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But when things become too true to life, Fuqua knows to cut the style and let the actors carry the scene.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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Reduce Latency Anyone who has watched a big soccer match in a large office setting knows the pain of TVs not being in sync.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
12 June 2026
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When a fan discovers you through a playlist and then finds a Discord server of 4,000 people obsessed with your music, all three points of the ADT start working together.—
Sam Saideman,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Bonner tells her about Chevron's use of AI—including including ApEX, a proprietary AI tool designed to improve how Chevron discovers oil and gas resources.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
12 June 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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The deal sees Higher Ground work with Disney arm Disney Kids & Family, which has just been rebranded from Disney Branded Television.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
15 June 2026
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Popular notions of philanthropy as merely a game for the ultrawealthy to fund partisan projects and commit fraud have left the sector vulnerable to political attacks, as the Council on Foundations sees it, influencing policies that hamper essential community services.—
James Pollard,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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The concept recognizes one simple reality - most people arrive on safari hoping to take extraordinary wildlife photographs, but few of them the equipment or the expertise required to do so.—
Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Now that the garden is complete aside from normal plant replacements, Sterman recognizes it as the expression of her own evolution and growth as a garden designer as well as changing views on waterwise gardening.—
Nicole Sours Larson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2026
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Here, Sourcing Journal hears insights on the subject from filmmakers Kirsten and Brandon Dickerson.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
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That relief becomes tangible if a traveler hears about a delay early enough to rebook a connection or reroute ground transport before queues swell.—
Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone,
Miami Herald,
9 June 2026
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Qualcomm’s chip can run Linux, along with Arduino software, and can even do computer vision, which deciphers what a camera sees and translates it into software.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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With that base knowledge and his opponent’s game tape, Nolan analyzes wide receiver alignments and deciphers the offense's attack.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Catches on (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catches%20on%20%28to%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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