as in to solve
to find an answer for through reasoning
a book of brainteasers that even a really clever person won't have an easy time figuring out
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Was the Dolphins offense figured out in 2024?
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Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2025
To talk it out, make a plan to stay safe, or figure out next steps, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 13 June 2025
To actually decarbonize, the industry will need to figure out how to get a clean-burning fuel source to market at scale while also building out the necessary new infrastructure.
—Calif.
senior Correspondent, Time, 12 June 2025
Now the nonprofits are scrambling to figure out how to pay for the attorneys to go there.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
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Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2025
To talk it out, make a plan to stay safe, or figure out next steps, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 13 June 2025
To actually decarbonize, the industry will need to figure out how to get a clean-burning fuel source to market at scale while also building out the necessary new infrastructure.
—Calif.
senior Correspondent, Time, 12 June 2025
Now the nonprofits are scrambling to figure out how to pay for the attorneys to go there.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
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Most of our interviewees agreed that criminalization alone wouldn’t solve the opioid epidemic.—
Katherine LeMasters,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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Even when crimes are reported, police often struggle to solve them.—
Jillian E. Snider,
Boston Herald,
13 June 2025
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What To Know Hegseth was answering questions from the committee looking at the Pentagon's budget for 2026, which included discussions around the United States' roles in the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas conflicts.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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Those tasks can include labeling the contents of images, answering questions, or rating which of two chatbots’ answers are better, in order to teach AI systems to better comply with human preferences.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
12 June 2025
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When a series of murders begins in the area, her sister also turns up missing, throwing her headfirst into unraveling the crime spree.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
16 June 2025
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Leah’s inheritance becomes the inciting incident in a series of events that unravel her life: Her trip awakens a latent violence in her husband and an invigorating independent streak in her.—
Xochitl Gonzalez,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2025
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Lawmakers also punted on resolving the $770 million fiscal crisis facing Chicago-area transit, pushing possible service cuts, layoffs, or future tax hikes into the fall veto session.—
Elaine Mallon,
The Washington Examiner,
16 June 2025
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Conceivably, some of these concerns could be resolved by pooling the money in the accounts, by fiddling with the tax code, and by encouraging employers of the account holders’ parents to make additional contributions to them.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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