as in to solve
to find an answer for through reasoning
a book of brainteasers that even a really clever person won't have an easy time figuring out
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That allowed the researchers to figure out how much of key nutrients people were getting, and what foods those nutrients were coming from.
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Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 6 May 2026
The show follows a group of lifelong friends who return to Calabasas, CA, post-college for a summer of reckoning – facing unresolved dramas from the past while trying to figure out their futures.
—Peter White, Deadline, 6 May 2026
All these people had just a few seconds to figure out what to do, and so many of them managed to get out.
—Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
But Auriemma said nothing in college athletics will return to a place of stability until the NCAA figures out a way to better regulate the transfer portal.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2026
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Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 6 May 2026
The show follows a group of lifelong friends who return to Calabasas, CA, post-college for a summer of reckoning – facing unresolved dramas from the past while trying to figure out their futures.
—Peter White, Deadline, 6 May 2026
All these people had just a few seconds to figure out what to do, and so many of them managed to get out.
—Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
But Auriemma said nothing in college athletics will return to a place of stability until the NCAA figures out a way to better regulate the transfer portal.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2026
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To solve the problem, the researchers used AI to generate variations in environmental conditions during robot training.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a bill Monday that includes $1 million in funding to solve nonfatal shootings.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
7 May 2026
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In my case, that often means answering questions about trees, shrubs, flowers, lawns, and the labor-intensive world of turfgrass management.—
Markis Hill,
Kansas City Star,
3 May 2026
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These are questions that absolutely need to be answered.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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All of that unraveled when he was caught on video outlining all of his crimes to an undercover agent in 2022.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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But then the ball hit his bare paw, and everything unraveled.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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What The Dark Wizard does differently is grapple with Potter’s impenetrability without being able to resolve it, and consider how that indecision might change our perceptions of his life and his May 2015 death while BASE jumping in Yosemite.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
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Typically, those reviews have been resolved quickly, but standard times started stretching longer starting around August 2025, the association said.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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“Figure out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figure%20out. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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