make (any) sense of
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: to understand (something)
We couldn't make (any) sense of the instructions.
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Thirty years after the death of beloved Tejano star Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, her husband is still trying to make sense of the tragedy.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
The problem is that Occam's razor, as a general signpost to help make sense of the many things happening all around us, falls out of favor in an era when institutional trust is in free fall.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Viet and Nam try to make sense of the tragic deaths of unfortunate people like Nam’s father, while their film namesake also attempts to do similar for people like those who have perished when attempting to find a new life.
—Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
An experienced marketer who groks data’s value in the digital age, Goss and I first teamed up to make sense of so many growing number of business models built around monetizing attention and tracking online behaviors.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
The problem is that Occam's razor, as a general signpost to help make sense of the many things happening all around us, falls out of favor in an era when institutional trust is in free fall.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Viet and Nam try to make sense of the tragic deaths of unfortunate people like Nam’s father, while their film namesake also attempts to do similar for people like those who have perished when attempting to find a new life.
—Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
An experienced marketer who groks data’s value in the digital age, Goss and I first teamed up to make sense of so many growing number of business models built around monetizing attention and tracking online behaviors.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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