as in to solve (for)
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In the early 1950s, as the industry consolidated and farms grew, company leaders rented a butcher shop, covered the walls in brown paper and charged a team of engineers with figuring out how to build higher-horsepower tractors.—
Tyler Jett,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026 -
Investigators and Haas's family are hoping someone may recognize his clothing and help detectives piece together a timeline to figure out what happened and why.—
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Steube, whose southwest Florida constituents could benefit from the provision deducting personal casualty losses, has vowed to push the law forward.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Late tax payments can be deducted from those refunds, or might need to have a certificate of error applied for a missing exemption or incorrect assessment.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Under American pressure, Israel has scaled back the pace and scope of strikes in Lebanon, refraining from attacking the capital, Beirut, in recent days.—
Charbel Mallo,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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Details, including the rates and whether the surcharge will scale up over time, have yet to be fully hashed out, Hochul said.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Don’t skip the editing process and always measure first.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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Still, the government sought to measure their loyalty.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Figure in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figure%20in. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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