as in to resolve
to find an answer for through reasoning
it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle
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The mistake tortures them, which prompts the couple to try and solve the mystery by producing a fake play in an attempt to get their ex-neighbor Mary (Chloe Cherry) to audition.
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
But experts fear neither candidate offers Japan a clear vision to solve an array of challenges at home and abroad.
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However, no effective plan has ever been implemented to definitively solve the city’s transit crises.
—Menika Dirkson, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Proponents argue that quantum computing can solve problems too complex for regular computers and parse larger quantities of data.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
But experts fear neither candidate offers Japan a clear vision to solve an array of challenges at home and abroad.
—semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
However, no effective plan has ever been implemented to definitively solve the city’s transit crises.
—Menika Dirkson, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Proponents argue that quantum computing can solve problems too complex for regular computers and parse larger quantities of data.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
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As in Milwaukee, the callers will impersonate a sheriff deputy and indicate a legal matter needs to be resolved through payment.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Upset about being undercut, the Texas bigwig resolves to put Georgie out of business.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Oct. 2025
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Sports writer Mike Organ first came to The Tennessean in 1977, at age 14, to answer phones.—
Nicole Young,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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Minasian absolutely could have answered that question.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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The 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to a trio of scientists – two of them American and one Japanese – for unraveling how the immune system protects us from thousands of different microbes trying to invade our bodies.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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The Oscar-winning actress stars as Grace, a mother living in Montana who begins to show signs of postpartum psychosis, her mental distress unraveling her relationship with Jackson (Robert Pattinson).—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Solve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solve. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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