as in to resolve
to find an answer for through reasoning
it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle
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Neither a film noir femme fatale nor a jealous housewife, Sarah Trafford (Ruth Wilson) has come to Oxford Investigations for help in solving a mystery that has little to do with her own life.
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Judy Berman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
One student claimed to be a teaching assistant for the Data Science Discovery course and said that, in addition to not being present, many students would use AI to solve the (relatively easy) problems.
—ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2025
Instead of getting lost in gigabytes of error data, designers now spend time solving real problems.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
In 2020, Flowers founded Season of Justice in 2020, a nonprofit organization that has assisted in 152 cases and is dedicated to providing funding to investigative agencies and families to help solve cold cases.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
One student claimed to be a teaching assistant for the Data Science Discovery course and said that, in addition to not being present, many students would use AI to solve the (relatively easy) problems.
—ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2025
Instead of getting lost in gigabytes of error data, designers now spend time solving real problems.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
In 2020, Flowers founded Season of Justice in 2020, a nonprofit organization that has assisted in 152 cases and is dedicated to providing funding to investigative agencies and families to help solve cold cases.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solve
Verb
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Leadership, this thing (ph) will be resolved in a matter of hours.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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According to a report by The War Zone, the aircraft’s angular exhaust nozzles may help resolve handling issues during certain flight phases.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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That question may be answered in Salt Lake City.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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According to the Star Tribune, park service officials did not answer questions about whether law enforcement responded to the call prior to the father and son's deaths being reported June 8.—
Eva Wen,
jsonline.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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If your protagonist is unraveling, let the house fall apart too.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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Before the fourth-down play unraveled, Love burned a timeout since the receivers weren’t aligned correctly.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Solve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solve. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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