make (any) sense of
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: to understand (something)
We couldn't make (any) sense of the instructions.
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Perhaps there’s no point in trying to make sense of the announcements’ timing, let alone the tariffs.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 14 July 2025
Those solutions focused on risk identification—rating patients' odds of becoming septic or having surgical complications—while the new app helps make sense of expansive medical records and strengthens the link between different arms of the business.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Research links religion is to positive outcomes after disasters, as engaging in faith helps people make sense of what's just happened.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 8 July 2025
When a child is harmed, her parent, in scrambling to make sense of her family’s sorrow and misfortune, may settle on blaming the person closest at hand.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 July 2025
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 14 July 2025
Those solutions focused on risk identification—rating patients' odds of becoming septic or having surgical complications—while the new app helps make sense of expansive medical records and strengthens the link between different arms of the business.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Research links religion is to positive outcomes after disasters, as engaging in faith helps people make sense of what's just happened.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 8 July 2025
When a child is harmed, her parent, in scrambling to make sense of her family’s sorrow and misfortune, may settle on blaming the person closest at hand.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 July 2025
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“Make (any) sense of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20%28any%29%20sense%20of. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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