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 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 Lojo figured that a drop-in facility, where people could sleep in a chair for the night, with access to a hot meal and a shower, would be perfect for him. — Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026 Celebrities, however, are a different beast than authors, though the Times figured it out. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026 Skromeda said that some local producers had done back-of-the-envelope math, and figured that Manitoba would still come out on top due to the currency exchange rate. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026 Durbin figured the physical therapy would help her mom become strong enough to move home. — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for figured
Verb
  • But, Majumder said, several temples including her own have decided to carry on their celebrations with additional security provided by the city of Aurora at their places of worship.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • India has decided to make the trade-off to buy cheaper oil and sort of look the other way, that that's giving money to a guy who's murdering thousands of people every week.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The cyclists cross the state, generating an economic impact estimated at $25 million.
    — Washington Post, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026
  • To build something more permanent, would be expensive — about $650,000, the library estimated.
    — Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Miller’s calculated the percentage chance that all 35 seats in play will go blue or red virtually in real time.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But underneath what seems promising, the beginnings of empathy and maybe healing, there’s something performative and calculated in this fast bond.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That kind of visibility could introduce regenerative agriculture to sports fans who’ve never thought much about where their chicken comes from.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026
  • On Friday, that thought process took another gigantic step, as those in charge of putting a product on television have all but signed the official paperwork to once again expand the college football playoff.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Jones has opted for direct contributions, while Matsui relied on loans.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • When the Padres opted against keeping him beyond that season, Murphy became a bench coach for Counsell, Milwaukee’s manager at the time.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That Bell was the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes was still known to only a handful of people, including Robert Louis Stevenson, who had by then guessed the truth.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • To keep potentially sensitive information from being accessible to unintended people, the URLs typically contain a long sequence of text that can’t be easily guessed.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 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
  • Fixes for what are believed to be uncommonly severe vulnerabilities are scheduled to drop in a little more than 12 hours for PHP, a programming language that powers websites and Web applications everywhere.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Mustapha initially believed the film would be driven by its ideas about masculinity, only to discover in the edit that their friendship had become its emotional throughline.
    — Essie Assibu, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

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“Figured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figured. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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