How to Use suss out in a Sentence
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That’s not the only way to suss out how to best support them.
—Anna Borges, SELF, 27 Mar. 2024
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Experts have some ways to suss out whether or not a job posting is real.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 26 June 2024
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There are also ways to suss out a belt’s worthiness from afar.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2024
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Instead, rely on your senses to suss out if a spice is still good to use.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
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In school, sometimes the girls would switch seats in class, teachers unable to suss out who was who.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 8 May 2025
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Really suss out the role and create a very clear and compelling job spec.
—Bill Stauffer, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
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All of these details can help the provider more quickly suss out the genesis of your puffy node.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 Oct. 2024
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Indeed, these days, anyone can suss out with a simple Google search how tricks are done.
—Vanessa Armstrong, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
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The original post left that distinction up to the public to suss out.
—Journal Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2024
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Mercury dives into Scorpio, urging us to suss out the truth.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
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In general, guests of honor should try to suss out the scope of it all before agreeing to anything.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
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Some of it can be fun, as players sleuth their way into restricted areas, or suss out how to solve riddles.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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The platform offers many hints and one surefire way to suss out impersonators.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2022
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On social media, college kids with one psych class under their belt subject couples to the green-line test to suss out cheaters.
—Vulture, 8 Feb. 2023
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The overall effect of the property tax cuts hasn’t yet become clear and will require more data to suss out.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
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Leaf peepers need only check online foliage trackers to suss out which locations put on a fiery show — and when.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 23 Sep. 2023
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Clients can further sample scents from the in-house perfume collections to suss out their preferences.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
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Until a new safety-blanket combo emerges, the Buffs need to suss out how to pound the rock with more conviction.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
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Poll after poll suggests voter preferences are altering with little time to suss out what the changes mean.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2024
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The other spy, identical except in blinding white, peeks out from behind a tree, trying to suss out what his rival is up to.
—Gyasi Hall, Longreads, 12 Sep. 2023
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District officials are working to suss out the reasons why older students might be missing.
—Talia Richman, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2021
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That means venturing beyond the obvious attractions to suss out more in-the-know, local spots.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2024
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But that’s just fine with Deux herself, who admits to sometimes being paranoid that celebs will suss out her identity.
—Kate Coyne, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
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Investors are trying to suss out where the Fed will take interest rates, as Warsh pulls back on how the Fed talks about its plans.
—Matt Peterson, CNBC, 15 July 2026
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After all, one of the show's guiltiest pleasures is searching each contestant's face during the reveal to suss out their true feelings.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 1 Feb. 2025
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Still, that hasn't stopped scientists from trying to suss out their evolutionary benefits.
—Jonathan Shipley, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2022
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After all, one of the show's guiltiest pleasures is searching each contestant's face during the reveal to suss out their true feelings.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
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After all, one of the show's guiltiest pleasures is searching each contestant's face during the reveal to suss out their true feelings.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
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In the age of the internet, where options are endless and quality can be hard to suss out, the task of selection can be overwhelming.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2022
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Then, the top spots in every country were ranked both globally and regionally to suss out which spot is indeed the world’s most relaxing.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
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