as in to allow (for)
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figure out
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Driving across the top of Vermont with a load of ingredients for cattle feed, trucker Chris Thomas was still hours away from finishing his workday and already trying to figure out where to sleep.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026 -
More often than not, his Fighting Irish figured out a way to scratch out the wins.—
Eric Olson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Solve (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solve%20%28for%29. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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