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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Recent Examples of figure out
Before any of that, though, there was the small matter of figuring out how to get into the car.
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Bradley Iger,
ArsTechnica,
6 July 2026
Jović is still yet to figure out the sequences of games that require the same steadiness as potentially set-ending ones.
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Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
5 July 2026
History can be an incredibly important way to digest the present and then figure out what your response is and — and to imagine a future together.
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NBC news,
5 July 2026
Let’s travel path two and figure out how this career part timer doesn’t have to put the rest of their life on hold while the dream career is still TBD.
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Caroline Ceniza-Levine,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
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Bradley Iger,
ArsTechnica,
6 July 2026
Jović is still yet to figure out the sequences of games that require the same steadiness as potentially set-ending ones.
—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
5 July 2026
History can be an incredibly important way to digest the present and then figure out what your response is and — and to imagine a future together.
—
NBC news,
5 July 2026
Let’s travel path two and figure out how this career part timer doesn’t have to put the rest of their life on hold while the dream career is still TBD.
—
Caroline Ceniza-Levine,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
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Now back in King’s Landing, Corlys is distracted at best, meeting with Rhaenyra’s small council to address the crown’s nonexistent funds — the latest on a long list of problems that need solving for the new Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
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Proponents argue recordings would solve a long-standing crisis that leaves many proceedings with no verbatim record.
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The staff is friendly, knowledgeable and welcoming, ready to answer any questions guests might have about a cocktail menu that changes throughout the year.
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These businesses live or die by people answering phones, booking jobs, chasing payments and calming down upset customers.
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As the statisticians looked up the last time someone had lost the Wimbledon men’s final from such a position (John Bromwich in 1948), Djokovic could have unraveled.
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Princess Diana believed she was headed for a fairy-tale future with then-Prince Charles — until her dream unraveled.
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Whoever is charged with handling the issue must have the tools and authority to resolve it.
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Our study helps resolve this paradox by providing evidence that scratching also provides defense against bacterial skin infections.
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“Figure out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figure%20out. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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