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The phrase "a year to understand" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the time required to grasp a concept, idea, or situation.
Example: "It took me a year to understand the complexities of the new software."
Alternatives: "a year to grasp" or "a year to comprehend".
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"It took me about a year to understand and to feel the support from the transgender community.
When a new government comes in, it takes up to a year to understand what the promise is, or was; then what the reality is; and the big economic reality outside.
Gadanho admits that it will take at least a year to understand how to best use the spaces, but it's hard not to think that the EDP Foundation's plan was misjudged.
Use a company-wide assessment at least twice a year to understand and remind the team to outbehave the competition.
Moreover, I have been interviewing key leaders and board members internally, and I have been learning from the frontline employees who have been with the company for roughly a year to understand what is on their mind.
It took me over a year to understand what that meant, it was explained to me and I didn't get it, and I don't think I'm but I didn't get it.
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And it took time: a whole year to understand in a drip-drip way what the other had to say.
The KAP surveys (n = 36) were conducted before implementation to ascertain the knowledge base and to gain community acceptance for an intervention, and during the final year to understand behavioral and knowledge changes.
It took a few years to understand the trees.
You need to go back a thousand years to understand anything here.
It took me a few years to understand what she meant, but now I finally do.
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