figured

Definition of figurednext
past tense of figure
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as in estimated
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement let's figure the juice in the pan to be about a cup and just add it to the mix

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of figured The veteran quarterback figured the same thing would work for the Las Vegas Raiders. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 Drew, who wouldn't stop talking, figured around 75% of sports bettors are men. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 So the team figured the right way to do it would be to put an atom into a superposition of paths, where one path sees the atom thrown upward and has gravity return it to its original location. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 That success has to be re-established this season, but head coach JJ Redick and his staff figured these teams out last season. — Law Murray, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 But, the researchers figured, flat areas are also much more common. — Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026 About a month after Ewing was called up, the Philadelphia Phillies figured him out. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 8 Sep. 2026 August Chesner, a Lowell High School senior and marching band member, figured his tuba weighs about 20 pounds. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026 Some people figured that automation might one day take over the entire web and then our world. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for figured
Verb
  • For Cazares, and many who decided to fight their cases, detainment represented the beginning of the effort to gain legal status.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Just in time for fall, though, the Rhode beauty mogul seems to have decided her hair can handle a seasonal transformation.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The African Union estimated that conflict resulted in around 600,000 deaths from combat, famine and the collapse of healthcare.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The results are estimated to have a margin of error of about 2 percentage points in either direction in the overall sample, and larger numbers for subgroups.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The first clues came in the 1970s, when Jacob Bekenstein and Stephen Hawking calculated the entropy of black holes — typically a measure of how much stuff fits inside an object.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Minimum withdrawals are calculated by an account balance and age.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This is thought to happen because the social transmission of stories acts like evolution.
    — Hannah Little, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Still, some former security officials thought that the claims warranted a serious investigation.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • As a result, some opted to cut their losses, selling their towers at steep losses or leaving their fates to the foreclosure block.
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Deutsch, an avid gardener, worked with Manscapers on the landscape design and opted for boxwoods, more evergreens and hydrangeas to frame each space of the outdoor area.
    — Matt Goulet, Architectural Digest, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Many correctly guessed the cinnamon-sugar dessert, which was pulled from menus in 2024, according to reports and social media users.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Who could have guessed that football genius Sean McVay would be so badly outplanned, so badly outcoached, and so unimaginably wrong on the game’s transformative play?
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The study also computed the pre-tax and after-tax returns for overlapping 30-year periods and found that the tax drag varied over time.
    — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Other planning engines run scenarios sequentially, in cycles measured in hours, which is why their AI can only report on what has already been computed rather than reasoning live, KetteQ said.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • About 78% of those surveyed believed the current administration’s policies had not helped address cost of living and inflation.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Considering Arizona quarterback Jacoby Brissett has thrown the football 65 times in those two games, and just one of those 65 has been hauled in by the player who many believed would be the face of the franchise, is alarming.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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“Figured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figured. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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