as in to allow (for)
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figure out
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In the early 1950s, as the industry consolidated and farms grew, company leaders rented a butcher shop, covered the walls in brown paper and charged a team of engineers with figuring out how to build higher-horsepower tractors.—
Tyler Jett,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026 -
Investigators and Haas's family are hoping someone may recognize his clothing and help detectives piece together a timeline to figure out what happened and why.—
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Solve (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solve%20%28for%29. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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