Thesaurus results for FIGURE OUT

figure out

verb

Definition of figure out

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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Recent Examples of figure out Kiffin and his staff will figure out what works and what doesn't on this roster, and trim the fat where necessary. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026 The Texans hope to figure out how to get the most out of the receiver, who was widely seen as a can't-miss prospect after a stellar college career with the Buckeyes. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 How to Determine Your Skin Undertone There are a couple of ways to figure out what your undertone is on your own. — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2026 The real challenge was figuring out how to control the height and the distance of the robot’s jumps. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for figure out

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Separate nozzles also don't solve the problems of bonding incompatible materials or managing different printing temperatures.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
Throw in a third massive object, though, and the math gets ridiculously more complicated and difficult to solve.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of solve

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The Pentagon has not answered questions from The Associated Press about the restrictions.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Kansas’ junior Republican senator spent roughly 30 minutes answering questions from a Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce moderator.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026

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Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have unraveled some of the atmospheric secrets of a bizarre, blisteringly hot world that has the consistency of marshmallow.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
About 10 years ago, her life began to unravel after the loss of her husband.

— Erin Jones, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of unravel

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Netanyahu’s wager, according to these critics, was that the aid would give Hamas something to lose and would therefore help contain the group while Israel pursued normalization with the Arab world without resolving the Palestinian question.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Atlanta was able to secure State Farm Arena for Game 3 and 4 after the WNBA and NBA came together to resolve conflicts at that arena.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

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