solved

past tense of solve

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Recent Examples of solved The 76ers have a lot to work on and a lot to work out, and none of it will be solved overnight. Tony Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 But, for the moment, the rest of the code has yet to be solved. Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 Shaving down the error Instead of building costly new equipment, the team solved the issue by flattening the material’s surface using a Cooling Cross-section Polisher. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026 After five weeks of practices and three preseason games, the Dolphins have solved some of the team’s mysteries, but others have surfaced due to injuries and decisions made this week. Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026 That is a capability gap, not a compute gap, and it will not be solved with more token consumption or a bigger context window. Rohit Kapoor, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Longer life is the achievement of our era, not a problem to be solved. Jon Sabes, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 While some of the Killing Fields cases outside of League City have been solved, many have not. Holly Yan, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 Every field is in the uncertainty business Uncertainty is not a problem to be solved. Aleeza Gerstein, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solved
Verb
  • If those challenges can be resolved, the 200-MWe concept could become an important test of how fusion technology moves into conventional US power infrastructure.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Acting on an emergency appeal from the administration, the court ruled 5-4 that a federal judge wrongly paused the project until a legal fight could be resolved.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Athletic’s Jacob Whitehead, Oliver Kay, Cerys Jones, Conor O’Neill, Nick Miller and Sebastian Stafford-Bloor have taken a look at the window and answered a series of questions.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Choose the few recurring decisions where the stakes are highest—often hiring, promotion and capital allocation—and require the four lenses to be answered before the decision closes.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Later on Saturday, Pezeshkian called on state TV for a revival of the interim deal, which was signed on June 17 but quickly unraveled amid disagreements over what had been agreed, especially ​on the status of the Strait of Hormuz.
    Reuters, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
  • As curators unraveled the truth behind the images, the album soon made headlines and ignited a debate that reverberated far beyond the museum walls.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Solved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solved. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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