How to Use solve in a Sentence
solve
verb- The mystery has been solved.
- He couldn't solve the math problem.
- They are working to solve the traffic problem.
- If they'll lend us the money we need, all our problems will be solved.
- The FBI has been trying to solve the case for years.
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Schools cannot solve this alone.
—Kelby Woodard, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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But wouldn’t the speed game help solve some of them?
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
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There is a problem to be solved.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
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The hole is not a problem to be solved.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
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Some problems are your own to solve.
—Quinn Moreland, Pitchfork, 22 May 2026
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Why is the problem so hard to solve?
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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But this is not your problem to solve.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
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Know there is a way to solve the issues.
—Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
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None of this solved the problem.
—Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 12 June 2026
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Two legs solve none of those problems.
—Omar Kardoudi may 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
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This isn’t a mystery that needs to be solved.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
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This crisis won’t be solved with a quick fix.
—Carlos Curbelo, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
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Don't try to solve the problem, though.
—Clare Marie Schneider, NPR, 7 Mar. 2026
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Your lawn will not solve climate change on its own.
—Dr. Avishesh Neupane, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2026
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There were a lot of very fun problems to solve.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
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Money solves many, if not all, ills.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
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Dan didn’t think it would be solved that quickly.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 6 June 2026
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And one that people would like to see solved soon.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Oct. 2025
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That doesn't solve the problem.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
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To fix it, solve this week, not the whole business.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
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What does that mean for the chances of the case being solved?
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Apr. 2026
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For us, solving a small pain builds trust to cure it all.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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The idea was that tech could solve medicine’s fax problem.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
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Outlander is in no rush to solve this mystery.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
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Winter does not solve those issues on its own.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
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