grokking 1 of 2

present participle of grok

grokking

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noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for grokking
Verb
  • And without understanding these models at a deep level, they can’t be trusted to do anything where failure is not an option.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • While there’s no single biomarker that can perfectly predict disease or mortality, there are many that reign supreme in understanding women’s overall health and disease risk.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The new 39-episode series is aimed at preschoolers and kindergarteners, and is based around curriculum meant to build skills including letter-sound knowledge, phonological awareness, spelling, vocabulary and comprehension.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Through drama, song, and movement, students might explore narrative sequencing, vocabulary, and thematic analysis in ways that support reading comprehension and language development.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For the first 330 days, Goldberg-Polin fought to save her son’s life, not knowing he was executed on day 328.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • That dominance, with Chapman often waiting in the wings, gave Cora the advantage of managing seven-inning games, knowing any lead was likely safe over the final two frames.
    Michael Hurley, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Rangers are trusting Sullivan to not only bring top-notch hockey knowledge but also stabilize an organization that went through a tumultuous 2024-25 season.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Our research uncovered a thriving ‘shadow AI economy’ where employees use personal ChatGPT accounts, Claude subscriptions, and other consumer tools to automate significant portions of their jobs, often without IT knowledge or approval.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Though historians have called for further research before making claims, the proposal of a script rooted in sign language might open the chance to explore a new way of deciphering Mayan art and show the ancient civilization to be even more sophisticated and efficient than scholars even knew.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Now, a team of international astronomers has succeeded in deciphering the gravitational wave signal, GW190412, to determine more about the collision and the resulting event that sent an infant black hole hurtling through space.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That tends to cloud perceptions.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That perception was shattered by the 24-hour ecosystem of divisive clips, some new, most from a half decade ago, all intended to feed anger and division.
    Keith Wilson, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to the Migration Policy Institute, more than 230,000 Coloradans have difficulty comprehending and communicating in English.
    Micki Olson, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The way humanity finally got to the level of ChatGPT was not by comprehending intelligence well enough to craft an intelligent mind.
    Nate Soares, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Like so many young adults, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, now 30, experimented with drinking and other substances but found things getting beyond her grasp.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Let’s assume, for the sake of this exercise, that your nearly 70 years in the afterlife has given you an innate grasp of modern analytics, air travel, nutrition and a deep understanding of the collective psyche of Gen Z.
    Levi Weaver, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Grokking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grokking. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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