Thesaurus results for RIDDLED (OUT)

riddled (out)

verb

past tense of riddle (out)

as in solved

to find an answer for through reasoning with the discovery of the Rosetta stone, archaeologists at long last were able to riddle out the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics

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The gap between frontier AI companies and the rest of the industry comes down to who has solved the infrastructure problem.

— Lucas Zhao, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Elliott said the issue could be solved in part by making sure that more revenue is generated from the richest residents.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026

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Whether those records can be turned on an outbreak is a question people have already answered.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
The forum remains a place where prospective employees can get their application questions answered and where a community of workers can fight for better working conditions.

— William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026

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Amazon’s willingness to take TNF off the hands of Fox (which subsequently opted out of the final season of its deal) worked out in everyone’s favor, but no Big Tech player has yet to commandeer a package of similar import.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 July 2026
The Newsoms paid between $518,000 and $873,000 in taxes per year, which worked out to a federal income tax rate of 30% to 35% per year, according to his office.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

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Suda filed suit for wrongful dismissal, and the museum countersued her for theft; the conflict is set to be resolved via arbitration, at a judge’s order, later this year.

— News Desk, Artforum, 29 July 2026
By the time of the fire, the Presbytery was in the process of selling the building, which remains under contract while contingencies are resolved.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 29 July 2026

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Unable to afford a state-of-the-art Roland TR-808, Rahzel (as Brown called himself on stage) figured out how to imitate all the rhythmic effects with his own mouth.

— Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
That’s someone treading open water who has figured out that the only way not to drown is to never stop kicking.

— Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

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