as in to solve (for)
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Each independent advocate works differently, doing anything from helping people figure out how to take the next steps after a diagnosis to battling with insurance companies to getting patients in quickly for a test or a second opinion.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Miami Herald,
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In 2022, the Building and Land Use Approval Streamlining Taskforce was mandated to find out where the city’s development process was broken and figure out how to repair it.—
Melanie La Rocca,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Apps such as TurboTax, H&R Block and TaxSlayer can make filing more convenient but typically charge a fee that may be deducted from your refund.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Wilder got the only knockdown in the eighth round, sending Chisora through the ropes, but the American was deducted a point in the same round for pushing.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Bernal returned in September this season, in a comeback scaled carefully to minimise risk.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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The facades are replicas made to scale, one-third the size of the original buildings.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Who in Delft, however, outside the Remonstrant clan, would know that your soul could be measured like a gold coin, or, for that matter, hung from your ear?—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Leo is measured, deliberate and soft-spoken.—
Norah O'Donnell,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Figure in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figure%20in. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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