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One of the most influential horror movies of the 21st century, 28 Days Later pre-figured the zombie craze kicked off by Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead remake and The Walking Dead.—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Jan. 2026 This time around, with his sons all grown up, Petrie’s got the work-life balance a little more figured out.—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025 In a back-and-forth series with New York, nothing figured to be easy.—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 The SoCal nu-metal act would re-emerge in September 2024 — things very much figured out — with the addition of Dead Sara co-founder Emily Armstrong sharing microphone duties with Mike Shinoda.—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for figured