solved

past tense of solve

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of solved Cage solved my next problem by insisting that the way to discover new things is to overcome our dependence on our likes and dislikes, those supposed pillars of criticism. — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Consider at least one mystery from that Emmys sketch, a glimpse of the SNL logo, potentially solved. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026 The acquiring company is left paying full price to relearn lessons the vendor already solved two years ago. — Thanh Pham, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Look, for example, at how even today’s AI has repeatedly solved mathematical problems within weeks or months — problems whose complexity had been foiling human mathematicians for decades or longer. — Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026 In the 1990s, University of Southern California computer scientist Leonard Adleman solved the famous traveling salesman problem using nothing more than strings of nucleotides and biochemistry. — Mike McRae 22, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026 His problems were tough and solved dangerously, if conveniently, as required by producer-writer Bruce Geller’s teleplay. — Ed Olmstead, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026 Three problems the law has not solved First is consent and notice. — Jihun Joun, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026 The news comes on the heels of the stunning announcement last week from OpenAI that its own model had solved the Navier-Stokes problem, one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solved
Verb
  • He was also not joined by the Writers Guild of America, which filed its own antitrust suit and also resolved it over the weekend.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Newsom, however, said in his Sunday veto message that the issue must be resolved in federal court before California can pass such a law.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Outside the window warm air moved the leaves on the branches while around her, phones rang, and men and women answered Helios Accounting, Entertainment’s Finest.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • But in the meantime, before all these cosmic, life-and-death questions can be answered, this episode of Lanterns makes for a meaningful memorial to a deeply imperfect hero.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Their engagement unraveled, and the pair ultimately separated in 2022 after attempts at reconciliation.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Ed Sheeran’s world tour unraveled Tuesday after all his remaining supporting acts quit in solidarity with the rapper Macklemore and his onstage support of Palestinians.
    — Peter Weber, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Solved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solved. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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