Thesaurus results for PUZZLING (OUT)

puzzling (out)

verb

Definition of puzzling (out)

present participle of puzzle (out)

as in solving

to find an answer for through reasoning I was able to puzzle out the riddle in a fairly short time

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Created by Gene Hong (Beef), Citizen’s Arrest follows two longtime friends and neighbors whose obsession with solving a local crime becomes an escape from the private crises neither is ready to face.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026
The series follows two longtime friends and neighbors whose obsession with solving a local crime becomes an escape from the private crises neither is ready to face.

— Peter White, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of solving

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The seven-minute video, sent in early May 2021, offered a step-by-step guide for carrying out modern warfare in a country where everything seemed to be unraveling.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
The familiar imperial arc—expansion, overreach, strain, unraveling—once played out across a century or even a millennium.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of unraveling

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The new findings provide another route toward answering it, but much of the biology remains unexplored.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
There’s also a big thread on the Race-Dezert forum where the man behind this mission is answering questions from the off-road community.

— Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of answering

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Learning to fight without Starlink Despite the value of Starlink, Ukraine’s military and defense companies have already been figuring out ways to fight on without the satellite service.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
The idea is to let an assistant check connected accounts for tasks such as unpaid invoices and draft reminders without waiting for a prompt, so users spend less time figuring out what to ask for.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of figuring out

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Researchers are still working out exactly how the parasite causes this change, but studies have found changes in proteins in the host’s brain as the parasite manipulates it.

— Tara Deans, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
In October 2026, Marinis told The Hollywood Reporter that the creative team was still working out the new show’s airing schedule and considering whether to introduce the spinoff through an episode of Grey’s Anatomy.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of working out

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