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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His presence is part of the peculiar riddle that Djokovic, who turns 38 on May 22, has been trying to solve for going on two years now.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025 -
The hedge-fund collapses and Russian debt default in the 1998 financial panic and the U.S. sovereign-debt standoff in 2011 also did not feel as if they had been solved at the point the stock market started rebounding.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
26 Apr. 2025
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JetBlue’s planned acquisition of Spirit Airlines was blocked by the Justice Department last year, while its partnership in the Northeast with American Airlines unraveled after the carriers lost an antitrust lawsuit in 2023.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
29 Apr. 2025
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Mitchell turned it over twice more in the next two minutes, and everything quickly unraveled.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
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There are two questions to answer on the issue: why Chelsea are pursuing another player in this position at all and what are the ramifications for those centre-backs at the club?—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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One guy the Pistons really let get loose was Karl-Anthony Towns, who answered concerns about his quiet second half of Game 2 by scoring 31 points on just 18 field goal attempts.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Johnson and his coaching staff have a lot to figure out, from their best starting five up front to the distribution of the ball to what personnel groupings work best for quarterback Caleb Williams in the passing game.—
Adam Jahns,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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For months, my husband and I couldn’t figure out where the mysterious stains on our clothes were coming from.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2025
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The agency will be required to submit a report showing who is being held and who was arrested, along with the reasoning for both, every 60 days until the lawsuit is resolved.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The Amber Alert system is used widely throughout the U.S., with 82 plans in place to help recover children after they have been determined missing, enabling some missing child reports to be resolved.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Puzzle (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puzzle%20%28out%29. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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