as in to solve
to find an answer for through reasoning
I was able to puzzle out the riddle in a fairly short time
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While philosophers may lose sleep over it, physicists don’t have to, because cosmic inflation solves it.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026 -
Seeking to solve the problem, the state House of Representatives voted 124-21 this week to force tire retailers to join a state stewardship program by July 2027.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Eastern Bloc was starting to unravel, and Fidesz, the political outfit that Orbán co-founded the year before, had been conceived as an engine of liberal reform.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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The college bargain that a generation of Americans was sold (borrow money, earn a degree, join the middle class) has been quietly unraveling for 20 years.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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His opponent in the November election, Democrat Jose Javier Rodriguez, blasted Uthmeier's refusal to directly answer the question.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Even if the war winds down, its ripple effects on gas and commodity prices are expected to linger, leaving Republicans to answer for those pressures on the campaign trail despite efforts to redirect attention to tax policy or immigration.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Apr. 2026
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Each independent advocate works differently, doing anything from helping people figure out how to take the next steps after a diagnosis to battling with insurance companies to getting patients in quickly for a test or a second opinion.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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In 2022, the Building and Land Use Approval Streamlining Taskforce was mandated to find out where the city’s development process was broken and figure out how to repair it.—
Melanie La Rocca,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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In many mining districts, criminal organizations effectively govern territory, controlling entry, resolving disputes and enforcing authority through violence.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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David Creasy, the family’s attorney, said the battle to resolve the matter could take years.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Puzzle (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puzzle%20%28out%29. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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