as in understandings
the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something
the president's comprehension of the current situation in the Middle East
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Noun
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Gelb said the broad crime rate decreases have made some criminologists question historic understandings of what drives trends in violent crime and how to battle it.—
Claudia Lauer,
Fortune,
22 Jan. 2026 -
And as states started to abandon Common Core, school controversies began to focus less on standards and achievement than on competing understandings of America itself.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2025
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Brian LaCroix, restaurant operator at Chick-fil-A, said the fast food chain will no longer be offering the military appreciations special.—
Rosanna Fraire,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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The release includes interviews, outtakes and critical appreciations.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
18 Aug. 2025
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The results for the November-January period blew past the analyst projections that shape investors’ perceptions, as has been the case since Nvidia’s high-end chips emerged as AI’s best building blocks three years ago.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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Mentions of trade and politics increased, while references to labor market conditions eased as perceptions of the job market improved modestly this month.—
Matt Ott,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Comprehensions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprehensions. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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