solved

past tense of solve

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Recent Examples of solved 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 All of these problems could, in principle, be solved by algorithms. Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026 Every field is in the uncertainty business Uncertainty is not a problem to be solved. Aleeza Gerstein, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026 That problem is solved with All-Clad’s Outdoor Rotating Stone Pizza Oven. Olivia Tarantino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026 More than 70,000 such reports have been filed annually since 2022, though the vast majority were solved within 30 days, police say. Reuters, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026 The advice isn’t to ignore the past, but the past can’t be solved in a day. R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) may have solved the biggest drawback of electric vehicle range anxiety. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solved
Verb
  • If the lockout does go through all of 2027, do players not accrue any service time or will that be something that is negotiated/resolved when a deal is ultimately reached?
    Evan Drellich, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The bill has cleared both the House and Senate, but differences between the two versions would need to be resolved before final passage.
    Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • An officer walked around the building, rang the doorbell, and when no one answered, the agents departed, the agency added.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The company also says distressed callers got their calls answered up to 40 seconds faster on average.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • While nearly 30 players were given the ball cap and figurative clipboard to watch from the sidelines, key position battles unraveled in the desert in the team’s win.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Viewers will remember that Ramona and Annie switched places at the end of Season 1 once the sisters unraveled some family secrets.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Solved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solved. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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