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
The action to rescue her falls eventually to Mario and Luigi, having relocated permanently to the Mushroom Kingdom and serving as protectors of the realm, solving problems for its inhabitants.
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
The team is solving a case that could save their agency.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
Barry played key roles in solving all these problems.
—Marc Lipsitch, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026
But as Powell noted, the Fed chair is explicitly not responsible for solving the problem.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Engagement means activities such as knitting or solving a puzzle, instead of mindlessly scrolling or passively watching a screen.
—Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026
Planning a family vacation that’s both memorable and affordable can feel like solving a puzzle.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
This event also underscored the entrepreneurial potential of a private-public partnership approach for solving this global problem.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
Miami-Dade cold case detectives say that this is just one of the cold cases they are dedicated to solving.
—Anna McAllister, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
The team is solving a case that could save their agency.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
Barry played key roles in solving all these problems.
—Marc Lipsitch, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026
But as Powell noted, the Fed chair is explicitly not responsible for solving the problem.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Engagement means activities such as knitting or solving a puzzle, instead of mindlessly scrolling or passively watching a screen.
—Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026
Planning a family vacation that’s both memorable and affordable can feel like solving a puzzle.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
This event also underscored the entrepreneurial potential of a private-public partnership approach for solving this global problem.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
Miami-Dade cold case detectives say that this is just one of the cold cases they are dedicated to solving.
—Anna McAllister, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solving
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This technique allows researchers to capture processes occurring at incredibly fast timescales—on the order of femtoseconds (one quadrillionth of a second)—while also resolving features at the nanometer scale.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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But Congress appears no closer to resolving the dispute over funding the Department of Homeland Security, which has stretched on for six weeks.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Even now, with Brooklyn across his chest and the NBA asking much bigger questions of him, Powell is still answering with the same habits.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
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And increasingly, women in their 40s and 50s are answering that call.—
Lauren Schuster,
Kansas City Star,
3 Apr. 2026
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Vance also questioned what information Omar allegedly knew and withheld regarding sweeping fraud federal investigators are unraveling in her home state of Minnesota.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Mar. 2026
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The tectonic architecture of the Aegean Sea is messy, rife with crisscrossing faults and myriad volcanoes that make unraveling what happens at depth extremely difficult.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Solving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solving. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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