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groks

verb

present tense third-person singular of grok

as in understands

to have a clear idea of the eternal struggle of the human race to grok its place in the grand scheme of the universe

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Deadline understands that 11% of staff in BBC Media Tech applied for voluntary redundancy, but only 40% (the 151 figure) can be accepted.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
Meta's Edge Meta, thanks to Facebook and Instagram in particular, understands how human beings interact with one another online.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of understands

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Each person knows it, knows that the others know it, and so on indefinitely.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
But the Chargers’ new offensive coordinator knows his unit must show urgency and improvement Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders after a rude wake-up call in the season opener.

— Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of knows

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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
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

Definition of deciphers

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The constitution recognizes the right to vote for Moroccans living abroad, but there is no voting by mail or ballot boxes at Moroccan consulates.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
Related Stories Berger will receive the Evolution Vision Award, which recognizes narrative excellence reflecting the mission of building bridges between cultures and people.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of recognizes

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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
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

Definition of comprehends

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Surely, The New York Times suggests in its review of the book, Green sees himself in Juniper’s need to be taken seriously as an adult.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
Naish looks at that long curved snout and sees an ibis, one of the wading birds with a slender downcurved bill.

— Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of sees

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Only truly sophisticated taste, in this code, grasps the superiority of deprivation over the more ethnic notions of actual comfort and good food.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Clients are looking for a partner who grasps their objectives, assists with key financial choices, and adapts alongside them as their circumstances shift, said Scott Stearsman, head of Premier and branch banking at Truist.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of grasps

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In this age of unremitting test screenings and CinemaScore, downer endings typically score lower, so Abrams appreciates that Cregger and Sony weren’t afraid to figuratively twist the knife in the audience.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Barrow and Drummond are compatriots from the war; Barrow appreciates Drummond as the first white man who did not first judge him by the color of his skin, but Drummond is acting weird.

— John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

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