as in to know
to have a clear idea of
failed to cotton on to the fact that her senatorial campaign was going nowhere
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But Wilcox’s team didn’t know how the tax cuts would take shape.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025 -
Many of the bills’ biggest advocates did not know whether there were any transgender athletes in their states at all.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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From artificial intelligence transforming workflows to esports energizing learning, Bett 2025 is the must-attend event for anyone who wants to understand and influence the future of education in a rapidly changing world.—
Dan Fitzpatrick,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Still, Republicans have said that even if that call was accurate, the C.I.A. failed in understanding other key events: how quickly the Afghan government could collapse, how Bashar al-Assad would flee Syria and how Hamas was preparing to attack Israel.—
Julian E. Barnes,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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This is where unified customer/retailer data will play a big role — deciphering behavior drivers to find more customers.—
Lauren Parker,
WWD,
15 Jan. 2025
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In deciphering sagas of eons past, astronomers find few examples more intriguing than Messier 67, or M67, which is a large, loosely bound group of sun-like stars dwelling in the outskirts of the Milky Way, our home galaxy.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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An orderly transition in financial markets would unfold if investors, regulators, and major financial institutions proactively recognized environmental constraints and social imperatives as critical drivers of asset value.—
London Business School,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Iowa will celebrate and recognize this historic change in our country's leadership by raising our flags.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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New Orleans is also seeing its all-time snowiest day based on modern records taken at their current location.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
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The states that saw the most substantial mortgage costs were as follows: Hawaii, California, Utah, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Colorado, Nevada, Massachusetts and Arizona.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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My voice becomes harder to comprehend when the buds have to cancel out background noise.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
14 Jan. 2025
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At nearly 5,000 square miles, the vastness of Vatnajökull National Park can feel difficult to comprehend.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Jan. 2025
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Even after the boxes containing her 1,200-plus abstract paintings were opened, their significance was not fully appreciated at first.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Jan. 2025
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These small acts remind your partner that they’re loved and appreciated, which can reignite feelings of closeness and attraction over time.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Lee Wright, Hobson’s editor at Simon & Schuster, seemed not to have fully grasped that writing fiction was a matter of placing oneself in the shoes of someone else.—
Rachel Gordan,
The Conversation,
14 Jan. 2025
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In my experience, PE firms rarely grasp the value of strategic marketing.—
Humphrey Ho,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Cotton (to or on to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cotton%20%28to%20or%20on%20to%29. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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