understood
adjective
un·der·stood
ˌən-dər-ˈstu̇d 
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However, according to The Guardian and other publications, there was an understood risk of the concerts being canceled if a police escort was not provided.
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
But disease seasonality is a poorly understood phenomenon, and Micaela Martinez, an infectious disease ecologist at WE ACT for Environmental Justice, says the interplay between human immunity and SARS-CoV-2 evolution is still very dynamic.
—Byjon Cohen, science.org, 21 Aug. 2024
Manufacturers may replace legacy PFAS with less understood regrettable substitutes—chemicals that are slightly different from the more common PFAS but are likely just as harmful to health and the environment.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 11 June 2024
There are sprawling voids in space, some hundreds of millions of light-years across, whose emptiness scientists think is the ideal zone for studying less understood particles such as neutrinos.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 30 May 2024
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
But disease seasonality is a poorly understood phenomenon, and Micaela Martinez, an infectious disease ecologist at WE ACT for Environmental Justice, says the interplay between human immunity and SARS-CoV-2 evolution is still very dynamic.
—Byjon Cohen, science.org, 21 Aug. 2024
Manufacturers may replace legacy PFAS with less understood regrettable substitutes—chemicals that are slightly different from the more common PFAS but are likely just as harmful to health and the environment.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 11 June 2024
There are sprawling voids in space, some hundreds of millions of light-years across, whose emptiness scientists think is the ideal zone for studying less understood particles such as neutrinos.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 30 May 2024
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understood
adjective
un·der·stood
ˌən-dər-ˈstu̇d
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