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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Recent Examples of solve
Hugo saw that something as simple as shoes could be solved with the right approach and insights, cementing his belief in the power of technology to solve real-world problems.
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Jason Phillips, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Adapted for the screen by Katy Brand and Suzanne Heathcote, The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees — Elizabeth (Mirren), Ron (Brosnan), Ibrahim (Kingsley) and Joyce (Celia Imrie) — who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
Nobody thought this show would solve it and, guess what?
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Years of investigation and interrogation failed to definitively solve the mystery of McPherson’s vanishing.
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Jason Phillips, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Adapted for the screen by Katy Brand and Suzanne Heathcote, The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees — Elizabeth (Mirren), Ron (Brosnan), Ibrahim (Kingsley) and Joyce (Celia Imrie) — who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
Nobody thought this show would solve it and, guess what?
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Years of investigation and interrogation failed to definitively solve the mystery of McPherson’s vanishing.
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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The agency will be required to submit a report showing who is being held and who was arrested, along with the reasoning for both, every 60 days until the lawsuit is resolved.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The Amber Alert system is used widely throughout the U.S., with 82 plans in place to help recover children after they have been determined missing, enabling some missing child reports to be resolved.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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This week’s cold open answered that question of why: 33 years ago, Andrew witnessed Crawford, then a privileged teenager with a temper, kill a young woman who rebuffed his advances.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
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Dear Life Kit is NPR's advice column, where experts answer tricky questions about relationships, social etiquette, work culture and more.—
Malaka Gharib,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
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Mitchell turned it over twice more in the next two minutes, and everything quickly unraveled.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
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JetBlue’s planned acquisition of Spirit Airlines was blocked by the Justice Department last year, while its partnership in the Northeast with American Airlines unraveled after the carriers lost an antitrust lawsuit in 2023.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Solve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solve. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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