as in to solve
to find an answer for through reasoning
a book of brainteasers that even a really clever person won't have an easy time figuring out
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It's taken time to figure out how to use the one-time funds to best address the crisis, Grand Traverse County Health Officer Mike Lahey told Bridge Michigan.
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CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
The Commission is in the midst of a yearslong process, also triggered by a state law from 2024, of figuring out each school's cost per program per student.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
Analysts say Apple has to figure out how to maintain its premium brand and keep it from getting diluted it as the company goes downstream.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
Instead of waiting for top-down transformation programs, Raman argues, executives will need to get comfortable with workers figuring out AI on their own, even if those experiments cut across departments and job descriptions.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
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CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
The Commission is in the midst of a yearslong process, also triggered by a state law from 2024, of figuring out each school's cost per program per student.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
Analysts say Apple has to figure out how to maintain its premium brand and keep it from getting diluted it as the company goes downstream.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
Instead of waiting for top-down transformation programs, Raman argues, executives will need to get comfortable with workers figuring out AI on their own, even if those experiments cut across departments and job descriptions.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
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For over 150 years, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station has conducted scientific research and experiments to help farmers diagnose and solve problems with their plants and soil, invasive insects and more.—
Angela Eichhorst,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
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There are so many basic problems that publishers could solve without needing to work with a partner who has invented something entirely new, but that hasn’t stopped them from trying.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Apr. 2026
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In this week’s reader mailbag, Charlotte Observer reporter Alex Zietlow answers questions on the minds of Panthers fans.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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Cloth coasters seemed to appear out of nowhere, and my questions about the hotel’s architecture, neighborhood, and wine lists were expertly answered.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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What took years to build can unravel in months.—
Brendan Keegan,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2026
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In subsequent years, the fragile-looking web of circumstantial evidence kept trying to unravel.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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Each lawsuit was a settlement, meaning the city did not lose a lawsuit but instead chose to pay the plaintiff to end litigation and resolve the disputes out of court.—
Chevall Pryce,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Apr. 2026
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Attempts to resolve ecological responsibility through strict localism often risk sliding into cultural provincialism or nationalist enclosure—fantasies of purity that ignore how deeply entangled our lives already are.—
Manuela Moscoso,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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