as in resolved
to find an answer for through reasoning
it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle
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Recent Examples of solved
The Limits Of Vendor Defenses In December 2025, OpenAI acknowledged publicly that prompt injection, like scams and social engineering, is unlikely to ever be fully solved.
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Janakiram Msv,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Since then, the company’s creations have solved painfully difficult problems in fields from mathematics to computational biology.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Population growth and climate change can be solved only by either catastrophic population decline—pandemic, natural disaster, thermonuclear war—or cooperation on a planetary scale.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
Problems are solved through teamwork, flexibility, and by doing things with the sort of elevated yet unsnobby touch that only The Bear can provide.
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Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Even in the wider state of São Paulo, Brazil's richest, only about 2% of theft cases are ever solved, meaning muggers operate with near impunity.
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Harry Booth,
Time,
26 June 2026
My mother was murdered, and the case was never solved.
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Gregg Olsen,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot?
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Ed Silverman,
STAT,
26 June 2026
California’s mental health crisis will not be solved by asking future clinicians to sacrifice more.
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Luis Contreras,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2026
Janakiram Msv,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Since then, the company’s creations have solved painfully difficult problems in fields from mathematics to computational biology.
—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Population growth and climate change can be solved only by either catastrophic population decline—pandemic, natural disaster, thermonuclear war—or cooperation on a planetary scale.
—
Simon Sebag Montefiore,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
Problems are solved through teamwork, flexibility, and by doing things with the sort of elevated yet unsnobby touch that only The Bear can provide.
—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Even in the wider state of São Paulo, Brazil's richest, only about 2% of theft cases are ever solved, meaning muggers operate with near impunity.
—
Harry Booth,
Time,
26 June 2026
My mother was murdered, and the case was never solved.
—
Gregg Olsen,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot?
—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
26 June 2026
California’s mental health crisis will not be solved by asking future clinicians to sacrifice more.
—
Luis Contreras,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solved
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How rapidly the conflict will be resolved is not yet clear.
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The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has seven disputes still to be resolved, and has set June 29 as its next day to issue rulings.
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Tatis led off and knocked Boyd's fifth pitch over the left-field bleachers onto Waveland Avenue, before Chicago answered in the bottom of the inning when Seiya Suzuki scored on Carson Kelly's RBI single.
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Koorimannil and his best friend had answered an ad online for jobs encouraging tourism to Thailand.
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Heard and Depp married in February 2015, but their relationship quickly unraveled.
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By dissolving the barrier between art and life and emphasizing the role of the viewer, Duchamp unraveled art’s claim to special status.
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