as in to solve (for)
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When Tony's security company faces an attack from unknown malicious forces, the family goes on the run across Europe while figuring out who is after them, according to Paramount.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
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As the hamstring healed, Caglianone leaned on assistant hitting coach Darin Everson to figure out the best way to formulate a game plan to attack pitchers.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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Forbes does not deduct for taxes or agents’ fees.—
Brett Knight,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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For qualifying food, retailers can deduct those receipts from their taxable gross receipts.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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The researchers plan to scale up production and refine the technology for clinical trials.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Musk transformed Tesla from a niche EV startup into the world's most valuable automaker, scaling production, expanding globally and pushing the industry toward electric mobility, while running several other companies including SpaceX and xAI.—
Akash Sriram,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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After the mysterious deaths of the two diamondback rattlesnakes, Cardwell dug up temperature data from a 20-year-old study in the Mojave Desert to help develop a mathematical model for measuring what might be happening inside the desert burrows.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Trades finalize in three to five seconds, enabling near-instant payment finality, and transaction fees are measured in fractions of a cent.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Figure in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figure%20in. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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