Thesaurus results for SOLVING

solving

verb

present participle of solve

as in resolving

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 solving OpenAI says the model has already contributed to solving difficult, long-standing mathematical problems. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026 In 1966, the federal government commissioned a massive survey aimed at solving educational inequality. — Rund Abdelfatah, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026 Maintaining a smaller deer population is not possible, according to Barton, who said the conservancy fully evaluated other methods for solving the deer challenge, which has vexed them for at least 20 years. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Instead, the agents had, by collaborating amongst themselves, quickly found a way to manufacture answers to cyber challenges without actually solving the questions in the way ExploitGym’s creators had intended. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 There may be another doing the same thing on a different team, solving a problem the first developer already worked through. — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Our beloved trio of true crime-solving podcasters must now navigate their way through the home of the cozy murder mystery, replete with a whole new collection of suspicious and particularly English-eccentric characters. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026 Vulture has learned that our beloved trio of crime-solving podcasters will return on December 8, about three months later than their usual late August/early September arrival. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026 Building for agents means solving specific problems already on the table. — Lital Marom, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for solving

Verb

Politicians, naturally, have stepped in without resolving anything yet.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
After resolving a bruising carriage standoff with Disney in 2023, the company has been able to strike unique agreements with programmers using that agreement as a template.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of resolving

Verb

If Wayne, a fictional character, were a more solid creation, the movie could better explore the issue of whether answering racist brutality in kind is more effective than relying on an inadequate system.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
The device sits on the skin like a band-aid and can collect up to 10 times the sweat from low-intensity activities such as walking or answering emails, compared with other wearable sweat sensors.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of answering

Verb

Metalpoint is delicate by comparison with ink, almost weblike; but in both cases, the drawings are unraveling clusters and skeins, with passages both tight and loose.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
In spite of Desiree's civil case unraveling in 2013, public suspicion continued to follow Terri.

— Eileen Murphy, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026