make (any) sense of
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: to understand (something)
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And the findings from the recent studies make sense of why.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 17 May 2025
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Slowly, over time, Wallis’s brain had recovered to the point of regaining speech.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
But trying to make sense of the situation is very different from straight-up gossiping behind people’s backs, which will only keep the group divided.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 15 May 2025
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 17 May 2025
Read: How people with dementia make sense of the world
Slowly, over time, Wallis’s brain had recovered to the point of regaining speech.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
But trying to make sense of the situation is very different from straight-up gossiping behind people’s backs, which will only keep the group divided.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 15 May 2025
Transform Data Into Enterprise Knowledge Assets Organizations dealing with an ever-increasing volume of data assets from various sources require the ability to consolidate, govern and make sense of business-critical data to accelerate decision making and stay competitive.
—Rajiv Shesh, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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