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
  • Salah’s future was not resolved until March, by which time Semenyo had joined Manchester City and hit the ground running.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But then Godzilla re-emerged, and Kōichi resolved to die fighting the monster to atone for Odo Island.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Even after California erased a 14-point lead in Week 1, UCLA answered with 21 unanswered points to complete a 45-24 drubbing.
    The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • For Dungarpur, the restoration answered a demand that had been building for years.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 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 10 Sep. 2026.

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