as in knows
to have a clear idea of
the philosopher's claim that we can never cognize—in a fundamental sense—anything
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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 -
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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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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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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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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How Familiar handles privacy inside your home A robot that sees and hears what happens inside your home naturally raises privacy questions.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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However, her personable commanding officer Majid (Shafi al-Harthi) sees the value in her perspective when a high school student’s body turns up in the desert, and Nawal discerns clues from details which the policemen overlook, from the girl’s manicure to the embroidery on her abaya.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
8 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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There is only one candidate who grasps the complexity of this crisis and has the legislative experience to address it.—
Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards,
Mercury News,
1 June 2026
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But Zou’s cinema grasps that unideal truths often can be concealed underneath beautiful surfaces.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
25 May 2026
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But come January, California — which perceives itself as oh-so-cutting edge on oh-so-many things — will install the 41st in the state’s unbroken line of male governors.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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If perceptions are central to the sense of self, that sense will look different depending on how each animal perceives the world.—
Federica Sgorbissa,
ArsTechnica,
24 May 2026
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