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solution

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sə-ˈlü-shən

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something attained by mental effort and especially by computation the solution to a math problem

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Recent Examples of solution The model also helped researchers identify new solutions to a decades-old mathematical problem related to stellarator fusion reactors. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026 That means shifting from owning every solution to building organizational capability. — Maria Raymond, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The technology team includes former NASA Hall-of-Fame scientists with decades of experience researching, engineering, and building hydrogen solutions. — Josh McMorrow, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the government and school leaders must listen to students' concerns and find solutions. — Nicolas Garriga, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for solution

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The story centers on two ex-lovers who come back into each other’s lives after spending decades apart, only to find old feelings stirring with messy and mixed results.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Otherworldly was the result at Mugler, as well, where outer eyelashes got extruded like whiskers.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

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Changing the nozzle instead of the color Creality's answer is called KliTek, a four-channel system that takes a slightly different approach.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
They are discovered well beyond the bounds of the strategic map, where the winds shift, the old answers sink, and the pilot must find the way by dead reckoning.

— Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

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