1
as in agreements
an arrangement about action to be taken
the tenants came to an understanding with the landlord that they would be able to renew their leases for the same rent
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as in perceptions
the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something
a social observer with a deep understanding of the problems that the nation's cities face in the 21st century
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Recent Examples of understandings
Social scientists can develop accurate understandings of how Americans really feel about all sorts of issues.
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Adam Bai, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
And the United States has been increasingly one-sided in backing Taiwan, chipping away at previous understandings reached with Beijing on cross-strait issues.
—Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2025
Like Curry, Wembanyama’s talents scramble our understandings of the sport.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
But there was a gap between us—our culture, our language, our understandings.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
The primary goal is to trace how these medical ideas were communicated through language and how that language still influences public and clinical understandings of the body today.
—JSTOR Daily, 11 Oct. 2025
The memo, first reported by Axios, says that Congress must specifically appropriate funds for back pay, contradicting previous understandings of the law.
—Nik Popli, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
On the one hand, populist movements, here and around the world, have doubled down on rigid, exclusionary understandings of national and religious identity.
—Lula Konner, The New York Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2025
Others include cognitive empathy (accurately understanding a patient’s situation); communication skills (asking about patients’ lives and telling them our interpretations); and altruism (mobilizing these understandings for the patient’s benefit).
—Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Adam Bai, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
And the United States has been increasingly one-sided in backing Taiwan, chipping away at previous understandings reached with Beijing on cross-strait issues.
—Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2025
Like Curry, Wembanyama’s talents scramble our understandings of the sport.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
But there was a gap between us—our culture, our language, our understandings.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
The primary goal is to trace how these medical ideas were communicated through language and how that language still influences public and clinical understandings of the body today.
—JSTOR Daily, 11 Oct. 2025
The memo, first reported by Axios, says that Congress must specifically appropriate funds for back pay, contradicting previous understandings of the law.
—Nik Popli, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
On the one hand, populist movements, here and around the world, have doubled down on rigid, exclusionary understandings of national and religious identity.
—Lula Konner, The New York Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2025
Others include cognitive empathy (accurately understanding a patient’s situation); communication skills (asking about patients’ lives and telling them our interpretations); and altruism (mobilizing these understandings for the patient’s benefit).
—Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for understandings
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The former Pac-12 schools still are under the conference’s old bowl agreements, which are set to expire after the season.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Alaska's emergency management division does not have formal agreements with the state's education department designating schools as emergency shelters, and neither agency has funding to help maintain schools specifically as emergency shelters.—
Emily Schwing,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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While the standoff shows no immediate sign of easing, investors and policy decision-makers are flying blind without federal data to help color their perceptions about the health of the economy.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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With the rise of cable television and a 24/7 news cycle, Clinton understood sooner than most that a running mate could shape perceptions of the nominee.—
Time,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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On the video side, Amazon this year has been busy signing up DSP partners, inking recent pacts with Netflix, Disney and Roku for programmatic ad sales.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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At the same time, the rules of origin in the Southeast Asian pacts are still hazy at best, with no firm commitments from either side.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Nov. 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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But their poetics draw on much older conventions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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The trailer underscores that point by showing scenes from The Golden Girls conventions and snippets of some of the show's most hilarious moments.—
Jeremy Helligar,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Hurricanes needed that to happen after the game nearly slipped out of their grasps.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
1 Sep. 2025
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Halakhic rulings on divorce, medical emergencies, or conversion involve nuance that no present-day model grasps.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Understandings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/understandings. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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