resolving

verb

present participle of resolve
1
as in figuring
to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration I resolved to eat more healthily and to exercise regularly

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2
as in solving
to find an answer for through reasoning resolve the apparent contradictions in the collected data

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3
as in dividing
to set or force apart a prism will resolve a beam of light into an array of colors

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Recent Examples of resolving But in the spring, the board quietly suspended the search for Johnson-Trammell’s replacement, choosing to first focus on resolving the district’s financial crisis. — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026 This means the lender expects to approve your loan after resolving a few outstanding items before closing. — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026 The authors noted that most patients recovered over several months — some from central blind spots that lasted seven to 21 months before eventually resolving. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Monday Service generally lacks sufficient task management tools for assigning tasks, such as resolving tickets that require highly technical knowledge, which could prove problematic for companies with large teams or complex workflows. — Dianna Gunn, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026 The escalating tally underscores how far the two sides remain from resolving a crisis that has choked the Strait of Hormuz for more than five months. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026 The showrunner and cast reflect on Jackie and Cole’s next chapter as a couple, their ups and eventual downs and resolving the love triangle with Alex. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026 If multiple collection notices are just one symptom of a broader debt problem, resolving the underlying balances may be more productive than trying to manage each debt collector individually. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 The disease progressively destroys photoreceptors in the macula, the central portion of the retina responsible for recognizing images and resolving fine details. — New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resolving
  1. figuring
  2. solving
  3. dividing
  4. choosing
  5. unraveling
  6. separating
  7. deciding
  8. answering
Verb
  • So there was this element of newness and freshness to figuring it out.
    — William Earl, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • So, yeah, I have been involved, of course, in figuring that out.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of figuring
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  • But the bigger question, Tamfuh said, is whether the government is solving the country’s longstanding problems.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Defensiveness extends conversations, weakens credibility and drains emotional energy that could have been directed toward solving problems.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of solving
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  • The weeks that followed have been packed with political posturing, protests and provocative talk-show fodder, much of it aimed at dividing people much more than to actually support women’s sports.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Both my wife and I have been through the loss of our parents and found the following method has worked very well for dividing up sentimental possessions among the many brothers and sisters on both sides of the family.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of dividing
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  • Iran rejected how ships were choosing to transit through the Strait of Hormuz and began targeting vessels, and the US responded by launching intensive strikes against Iranian targets.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • How spontaneous is the crew in choosing to, say, send you off on a commuter train in Mumbai?
    — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of choosing
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  • Washington and Tokyo’s unprecedented step to bolster the yen already appears to be unraveling.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Kim has not yet entered a plea but is scheduled to appear in court next month in San Jose, the next step in unraveling what led to the death of a young man police say was the victim of a botched murder-for-hire plot.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of unraveling
Verb
  • On the path through the cornfield separating the movie site from the stadium sits a bar and seating areas.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Monday’s announcement by the Republican president calls for separating combination shots — including the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine — into separate injections.
    — Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of separating
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  • The decorations actually carry years of family memories, which makes deciding what stays especially personal.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026
  • For the industry, replacing the cryptography may be easier than deciding how to implement the migration.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of deciding
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  • John has been working his whole life to be deemed a worthy member of the Green Lantern corps, and Hal was literally handed the ring after answering a single yes-or-no question correctly.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Zuckerberg, Amodei and the rest are writing to each other—a closed loop of founders, investors and the reporters who cover them, each essay answering the last.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of answering

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