Thesaurus results for PUZZLED (OUT)

puzzled (out)

verb

past tense of puzzle (out)

as in solved

to find an answer for through reasoning I was able to puzzle out the riddle in a fairly short time

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The 49-year-old cold case was eventually solved in August 2023.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Trump’s 2020 defeat and unusual split term solved that problem.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 July 2026

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As in Swalwell’s case, Platner’s support has unraveled quickly, leaving him with little path forward.

— Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
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.

— Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 July 2026

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The question definitively answered here is whether more schools should be emphasizing project learning over rote memorization and teaching to the test.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
The University of Hawaii deployed AI chatbots across all 10 campuses—94% student opt-in, 4,294 questions answered without human intervention in five months, 2,533 students flagged for follow-up.

— Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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The bottom line Whether creditors can charge interest after someone dies depends largely on the original loan agreement and applicable state law, but in many cases, interest continues accruing until the debt is resolved.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Questions around governance, accountability, service guarantees and long-term operational coordination have not been fully resolved.

— Daniel Keller, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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