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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Recent Examples of figured She’s figured centrally in the government’s efforts to find and prosecute noncitizen voters. — Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2026 At the beginning of Fatherland, no one—not even the aged Mann, played here in a quietly extraordinary performance by Hanns Zischler—has figured that out. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Oct. 2026 Knowing Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos’ strong affinity for Bamford’s comedy, Apatow figured that would happen. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026 Invisible hands built Wikipedia, but those of the free market hardly figured. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026 Murphy figured the Irish needed to win or tie just about every inning. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 But nobody figured that the back end of the Dodgers’ rotation would suffer the same fate as the lineup. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Eventually, Universal figured the field in supporting was open enough to allow both contenders to co-exist. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 Ahead of Sunday’s matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs, the Las Vegas Raiders showed all the signs of a franchise that had, at long last, figured it out. — Pete Sweeney october 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for figured
Verb
  • Likely voters who decided which candidate to support only recently in seven key Senate races favor Republicans despite an overall Democratic advantage, according to a new poll released Sunday night.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026
  • During a trip to visit one of their company’s labs, the couple decided that the region would be the perfect home to a winery resort.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Kelley Blue Book estimated Tesla sold just 20,237 of the vehicles last year, down about half from the year prior.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Methodology Sportico estimated off-court earnings for the 2026-27 season through conversations with those familiar with NBA endorsement deals.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The authors calculated that for every 114 newborns who do not receive a vitamin K shot ⁠at birth, one ​additional bleeding event would occur.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Matthias Schweighöfer has this precision and control that makes the German production feel sharp and calculated.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Chris Costagli, a vice president and food thought leader at NielsenIQ, said high gas prices have worsened Americans’ concerns about affordability, and that's dampening demand for Halloween treats.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Primetime director Lance Oppenheim thought of Lipnicki for his latest role while rewatching Jerry Maguire as a reference point for the new movie.
    — Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Whiting will fill the Group V seat being vacated by Commissioner Ariel Fernandez, who opted not to run for reelection.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Many opted for the classics, or pared-back, monochromatic attire.
    — Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Wood anyone have guessed that Colin Jost and Michael Che are Swifties?
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Monahan did more digging and found out there were three adult brothers living in Boston who could have owned the canns, and DeAngelis guessed that they were made before Henry Vassall’s death in 1769.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Since rates are computed by dividing the number of cases by the population at risk in a specified time period, then by definition, if the number of cases stays the same but the size of the denominator shrinks, the rates will be higher.
    — Nancy Krieger, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Every decision—what to recommend, what to rank, what to suppress—is computed for that one customer at that one moment.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Fairfield Police Chief Dan Marshall said on Monday that investigators believed the suspect had been targeting one person inside the store when the shooting occurred.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • At its heart is a figure shaped like a mountain which is believed to be the god Yúcahu.
    — James Rampton, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026

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“Figured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figured. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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