as in to solve
to find an answer for through reasoning
tried to dope out the answer from the little information we had been given
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However, in dress form, this problem is solved!—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Oct. 2025 -
Fields will now have to solve his problems without his favorite receiver.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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With tariff rhetoric back at the forefront, analysts warned sentiment could quickly unravel.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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Kickbacks detailed in court records Perhaps one of the most challenging aspects of unraveling Gatlin’s web of fraudulent charges for investigators and Foundation officials was determining the validity of charges.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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After losing two straight games, there are a lot of questions that the team needs to answer.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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How Notre Dame answers it — plus the three other questions below — will go a long way toward setting the course for the rest of this season.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The protest also happened on day 18 of the government shutdown, after Republicans and Democrats failed to resolve a budget dispute for the 2026 fiscal year.—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
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This doesn’t resolve that Georgia is better off with Stockton than the alternatives.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Dope (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dope%20%28out%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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