make (any) sense of
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: to understand (something)
We couldn't make (any) sense of the instructions.
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Certain khipus, then, require both sight and touch to make sense of them.
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Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 26 May 2025
An always bustling event threatened to spill over into febrile territory as an agitated world tried to make sense of the moment up on the big screen.
—Thomas Page, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
Meanwhile, Rhenzy Feliz gets a showcase as Oz’s criminal apprentice in The Penguin, and Ashley Walters anchors his own episode of Adolescence as a police investigator trying to make sense of a senseless murder and his own troublingly distant son.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 24 May 2025
With their Matrix sequels, the Wachowskis were ahead of the curve in terms of storytelling that wields confusion by design: Neo (Keanu Reeves) is trying to make sense of his reality along with the audience, and making sense of an ever-changing reality feels especially potent in 2025.
—Eric Kohn, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
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Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 26 May 2025
An always bustling event threatened to spill over into febrile territory as an agitated world tried to make sense of the moment up on the big screen.
—Thomas Page, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
Meanwhile, Rhenzy Feliz gets a showcase as Oz’s criminal apprentice in The Penguin, and Ashley Walters anchors his own episode of Adolescence as a police investigator trying to make sense of a senseless murder and his own troublingly distant son.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 24 May 2025
With their Matrix sequels, the Wachowskis were ahead of the curve in terms of storytelling that wields confusion by design: Neo (Keanu Reeves) is trying to make sense of his reality along with the audience, and making sense of an ever-changing reality feels especially potent in 2025.
—Eric Kohn, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 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 13 Jun. 2025.
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