figure on
verb
figured on; figuring on; figures on
1
: to take into consideration
figuring on the extra income
2
: to rely on
3
: plan
I figure on going into town
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Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2026
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The court's decision came on a day in which the government released new figures on economic growth.
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Criticism also came from prominent figures on the left, including former French President François Hollande.
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Throughout the design, shadowed figures on horseback evoked a dramatic scene.
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Payton Jones, one of the key figures on last season’s state semifinal team, made the key defensive stop of the game with a clutch steal preserving her team’s 31-30 advantage with under 20 seconds to play.
—Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 17 Feb. 2026
Heiden is widely regarded as the GOAT of his sport, a sort of Michael Jordan-like figure on the ice.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 14 Feb. 2026
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Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2026
His gameplay has drawn praise from the show’s own host, and his backstory — a winding road through Love Island USA, a friendship with a previous Traitors winner and a career handling reptiles around the world — has turned him into one of the more compelling figures on reality television right now.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
The court's decision came on a day in which the government released new figures on economic growth.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026
Criticism also came from prominent figures on the left, including former French President François Hollande.
—ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
The focus on Apollo shows how the recent release of a trove of Epstein documents is raising new questions about his ties to powerful figures on Wall Street and across Corporate America long after his 2008 guilty plea to procuring a minor for prostitution.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
Throughout the design, shadowed figures on horseback evoked a dramatic scene.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
Payton Jones, one of the key figures on last season’s state semifinal team, made the key defensive stop of the game with a clutch steal preserving her team’s 31-30 advantage with under 20 seconds to play.
—Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 17 Feb. 2026
Heiden is widely regarded as the GOAT of his sport, a sort of Michael Jordan-like figure on the ice.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 14 Feb. 2026
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