as in to solve (for)
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Illumination also looks nice in daylight hours, which is often the harder piece of the night-light puzzle to figure out.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
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Smailys and Deksnys figured out something different.—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The law imposed a $10,000 cap on state and local taxes that taxpayers could deduct from their federal taxable income.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Bargatze promised to deduct $1,000 for every second a speech went over and add $1,000 for any speech under 45 seconds.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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Ten category winners will receive $50,000 each, with one school taking home $500,000 to scale what works.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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While other states are scaling back their more extreme climate policies, California politicians are eager to double down.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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Afterward, the researchers measured feelings like calm, purpose, and life happiness.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
16 Sep. 2025
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The future of finance will be shaped by those who lead in defining and measuring the human-AI relationship.—
Kristin Milchanowski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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