How to Use answer to (something) in a Sentence

answer to (something)

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  • There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to weight gain or weight loss.
    Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • There wasn’t a good answer to the question, which was the point.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Yeti’s answer to a glamping wine glass is sleek, bug-proof and keep drinks cold.
    Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Holmes called up each driver to answer to their charges before the judge.
    Samantha Sunne, ProPublica, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The answer to that question, the agency says, is not too long ago.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
  • But the Air Force's answer to this, well, check out this tweet.
    Fox News Staff, Fox News, 13 June 2023
  • The answer to both of your questions comes down to how the top group is defined.
    Corey Pronman, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • The answer to that question changes with the time, day, and seasons.
    Hali Bey Ramdene, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 July 2025
  • The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a word found in one of the clues.
    WSJ, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Well, that would be my answer to it — that would be my response to it (the growth of the game).
    Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 20 May 2025
  • The biggest answer to that chaos comes in the form of freely placeable app icons, though.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2024
  • But the real answer to the question of who’s in charge is Haynes.
    Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • But if the answer to any of these questions is no, the connection failed.
    Mark C. Perna, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The answer to this week’s crossword contest is a four-letter part of the body.
    WSJ, 5 Oct. 2023
  • That’s the one that elicited an answer to make this all worth it for Stojkovic.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The answer to that remains to be seen — as does the specific date for the line's drop.
    Irina Grechko, refinery29.com, 26 June 2020
  • From Asher’s perch on the tree, the answer to that question would seem to be no.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The clear answer to our malaise, the new cult members will be quick to tell you, is sacrifice.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 25 June 2024
  • The most popular answer to this question is what is known as the 4% rule.
    Rob Berger, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • So, the answer to your question is the Post is obsessed because of you.
    Will Oremus, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Morrow feels that Trump’s policies are the answer to what the nation needs.
    Arpan Lobo, Nushrat Rahman, Natalie Davies, Lindsay Tague, Alexander Boesch, Sarah Moore, Sophia Jundy, Mikia Lawrence, Alec Mork, Siddhi Choubey and Sonja Krohn, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The answer to that outrage was to move the killing back inside the courthouse, with the use of the death penalty.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Jason’s answer to this question is straight out of The Hunger Games.
    Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Here, the Prince of Wales must answer to his father, the king (played by Stephen Fry).
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
  • That means the correct answer to the question, Who’s the most likely Padre to get traded?
    Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The Steelers' answer to mediocrity was to bring in 41-year-old Aaron Rodgers.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Though framed as a question, the film’s answer to who killed the USFL is never in doubt.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025

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