Perianne Boring

Exchanging bitcoin on behalf of ransomware victims should not be construed as criminal activity by the exchanger, not as a matter of law nor as sound policy. Such an interpretation would set a precedent that would surely cause real harm to the public, to the blockchain ecosystem, and to the financial services industry as a whole.

American Businesswoman

Joe Harris

Kyrie, he's got a big personality. He's one of these guys that's misunderstood. The way that he's construed in the media is probably going to paint him in a light that is not necessarily true. I'd say you could ask a lot of people that played with him and they'd all say that he's a great teammate and a good guy to be around.

American Athlete

Abraham Lincoln

Our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all and thought to include all; but now, to aid in making the bondage of the Negro universal and eternal, it is assailed, sneered at, construed, hawked at, and torn, till, if its framers could rise from their graves, they could not at all recognize it.

American President

Edmund Husserl

Psychologically experienced consciousness is therefore no longer pure consciousness; construed Objectively in this way, consciousness itself becomes something transcendent, becomes an event in that spatial world which appears, by virtue of consciousness, to be transcendent.

German Philosopher

Saint Teresa of Avila

Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.

Spanish Saint

Ta-Nehisi Coates

The soul is part of the body. The mind is part of the body. When folks do physical violence to black people, to black bodies in this country, the soul as we construe it is damaged, too - the mind is damaged, too.

American Journalist

Ben Eine

My work isn't overtly political, although it is sometimes painted in places where I don't have permission to paint, so that could be construed as a political statement.

English Artist

Thomas Carlyle

Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite.

Scottish Philosopher

Paul Ricoeur

If it is true that there is always more than one way of construing a text, it is not true that all interpretations are equal.

French Philosopher

Susan Griffin

Masculinity is a terrible problem, as we construe it and shape it.

American Writer

Understanding 'construe' depends on personal perspective, so different people might construe the same thing differently.

Subjectivity Involved

The way 'construe' is understood can vary greatly by the situation in which it is used.

Context Matters

'Construe' can signal misunderstandings, so be mindful when using it to explain how someone may misinterpret something.

Misunderstandings Occur

'Construe' in linguistics involves dissecting how words function together in a sentence.

Grammar Analysis

In linguistics, 'construe' refers to more than just meaning — it’s about grammatical relationships.

Not Just Meaning

'Construe' can help identify how different parts of a sentence link and interact with each other.

Identify Connections

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