solved

past tense of solve

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Recent Examples of solved The company said its problems would not be solved by chasing unhealthy sales volume or short-term revenue. — Ryan Baker, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026 Like Zuckerberg, Huang has argued against an industry-wide slowdown, saying the recent spike in safety concerns sparked by AI agents going rogue and hacking into other companies is just an engineering problem that needs to be solved. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 Now OpenAI’s model has solved the problem for four dimensions. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026 But underlying causes like geopolitical issues won’t be solved overnight. — Sarah Raza, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 In the 1970s, William Knowles at Monsanto solved this issue using a special chiral catalyst. — Mallory Green, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026 But underlying causes like geopolitical issues won't be solved overnight. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 Researchers at Romania’s Horia Hulubei National Institute have now solved this speed challenge by producing images with an artificial muon beam for the first time. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026 That is, if a problem can be described and solved by combinations of tokens, it can potentially be solved by LLMs. — Yifeng Yin, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solved
Verb
  • The Big Window Issues to Watch Out For Experiencing a draft doesn’t automatically mean your windows require complete replacement, as minor issues can often be resolved with simple repairs.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Its lawyers argued that the Constitution and federal law do not allow for such claims to be resolved in local courts.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • On one attempt, the process server observed four cars in the driveway, but no one answered at the front door, the new filing said.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
  • And a public record request for the permit plan wasn’t immediately answered.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Rice said when Perera was released from the hospital, the working relationship unraveled as well as the romantic one.
    — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • After his mother’s death in 1990, Cooper’s relationship with his father unraveled, and he was soon drawn to the music he’d been taught to avoid.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 8 Oct. 2026

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“Solved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solved. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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