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recognizes

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present tense third-person singular of recognize

as in understands

to have a clear idea of finally recognized that we were hopelessly lost

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as in honors

to show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration an awards banquet to recognize local heroes

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Recent Examples of recognizes Guinness also recognizes Caterham as the world's oldest living woman. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026 Keitel’s Feraud keeps provoking the feud; Carradine’s D’Hubert recognizes its madness but remains too bound by the same code of honor to walk away. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Schmidt said in his opening remarks that Meta recognizes some users still sign up using incorrect birthdays but that the company takes enforcement of age limits seriously. — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 The antibody brings the chemo drug to a specific site—a cancer or tumor—by virtue of its interaction with a specific target that the antibody recognizes. — Maggie Donahue, HEALTH, 20 Aug. 2026 The category recognizes tracks penned specifically for movies, television and other visual projects, and the Wednesday single is an obvious potential fit. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 The store was also included in the 2025 Denver Legacy Business Program Registry, which recognizes Denver businesses that have operated for 10 years or more. — Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026 If developmental science justifies treating adolescent offenders differently from adults, then that same science should also inform how Connecticut recognizes, protects, and supports adolescent victims. — Keith Wortz, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026 Obreht distinguishes herself as a spellbinding writer who recognizes the ways that mythologies bend the truth to dazzle us with stories that capture a larger history. — Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026

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This response — full-hearted, full-throttle, fullalove — was a vivid example of Keeganism itself, as this corner of England knows and understands it.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Specialization can help set your brokerage business apart from others because clients often want an advisor who understands the details of a particular property type.

— James Nelson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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Thus this year’s list honors those who do more than wear clothes well or live their lives in head-to-toe ensembles handed to them by eager PR apparatchiks.

— Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026
The organization also supports first responders and their families and honors those who have died by suicide.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

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This response — full-hearted, full-throttle, fullalove — was a vivid example of Keeganism itself, as this corner of England knows and understands it.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Getty Images As the President of the Penske Corporation, Bud Denker knows how to close some major business deals.

— Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of knows

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Peel, who is an expert on the Mexican cattle trade, told CNN that screwworm isn’t the primary force behind high cattle prices, and sees the issue as a fig-leaf for a broader anti-free trade agenda.

— Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The 2017 sketch sees Matt Damon claiming to be the father of Kimmel’s child with wife Molly McNearney, and Povich was supposed to adjudicate the dispute.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of sees

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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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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

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