self-understanding
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Drug approval, product safety, and nuclear oversight require regulators to have a detailed understanding of hazards and mitigations beforehand.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
A more detailed understanding of all of the ridges, hills, mountains and channels could improve computer models of how Antarctica might change in future, the researchers say.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
Bergman is a true Disney veteran with a deep and detailed understanding of business and finance, having joined the company in 1996.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024
In addition to providing a possible therapeutic target for Zika, this detailed understanding could be applied to other flaviviruses, which share similar molecular machinery.
From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2023
The four will probably have got to a very complete and detailed understanding among themselves.
From What is Coming? by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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