grasp
verb (used with object)
to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
has grasped
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present perfectof grasp (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Per Business Insider, Mary Trump also noted that the couple has "grasped that their association with the former president 'damaged them, at least socially.'"
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2022
Pope Francis, more than any of his predecessors, has grasped that.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022
Yarber said Atwell has grasped the playbook and is on point whenever he is quizzed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
Still, Evers said, not everyone has grasped just how significant K-pop is becoming for Sweden’s music industry.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
He has grasped the principles which Schlegel and Coleridge established, and applied them to the discovery of new truths.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
