as in determined
fully committed to achieving a goal
only the most resolved of explorers had any chance of finding the source of the Nile
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as in figured
to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration
I resolved to eat more healthily and to exercise regularly
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as in solved
to find an answer for through reasoning
resolve the apparent contradictions in the collected data
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as in divided
to set or force apart
a prism will resolve a beam of light into an array of colors
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Recent Examples of resolved
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
What frustrated her most was that the issue refused to stay resolved.
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Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025
This breakthrough achievement, called super-resolved fluorescence microscopy, exploited the properties of evanescent waves and made single-molecule microscopy possible.
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IEEE Spectrum,
13 Dec. 2025
Since then, attorneys and judges have overseen multiple lenient plea deals and case dismissals, while local prosecutors reviewed hundreds of active and resolved cases that Tran investigated.
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Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Questions around governance, accountability, service guarantees and long-term operational coordination have not been fully resolved.
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Daniel Keller,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Online, a number of state workers have resolved to bring their lunches from home not just to save money but also as a way to protest the return to office.
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Anne Ewbank,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
Contracts are resolved using the CPI data released each month by the BLS.
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Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
1 July 2026
Educators say the road bumps that typically show up during the first week of school are resolved over the summer for students who enroll in the half-day program, which runs Monday through Friday from late May to late June.
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Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 July 2026
How rapidly the conflict will be resolved is not yet clear.
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Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has seven disputes still to be resolved, and has set June 29 as its next day to issue rulings.
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Will Dunham,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
Barr has resolved the dilemma by writing a contorted endorsement of Blanche in The Wall Street Journal.
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Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2026
Adjective
Lebanon’s fragile sovereignty The lack of resolved borders and Israel’s periodic incursions into southern Lebanon have predictably meant that Lebanon has struggled to assert sovereignty over its own territory.
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Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
What frustrated her most was that the issue refused to stay resolved.
—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025
This breakthrough achievement, called super-resolved fluorescence microscopy, exploited the properties of evanescent waves and made single-molecule microscopy possible.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
13 Dec. 2025
Since then, attorneys and judges have overseen multiple lenient plea deals and case dismissals, while local prosecutors reviewed hundreds of active and resolved cases that Tran investigated.
—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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.
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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
Online, a number of state workers have resolved to bring their lunches from home not just to save money but also as a way to protest the return to office.
—
Anne Ewbank,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
Contracts are resolved using the CPI data released each month by the BLS.
—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
1 July 2026
Educators say the road bumps that typically show up during the first week of school are resolved over the summer for students who enroll in the half-day program, which runs Monday through Friday from late May to late June.
—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 July 2026
How rapidly the conflict will be resolved is not yet clear.
—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has seven disputes still to be resolved, and has set June 29 as its next day to issue rulings.
—
Will Dunham,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
Barr has resolved the dilemma by writing a contorted endorsement of Blanche in The Wall Street Journal.
—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resolved
Adjective
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All etched into the face of a man who spent his presidency fighting to hold together a nation that seemed determined to tear itself apart.
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Well, Ariana seems to remember, whereas Hudson is determined to just undo the breakup and pretend like none of it ever happened.
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Dee Hock is the only one who figured this before, and maybe an agent trained on his thoughts and on how to design a chaordic alliance of frenemies may be able to help the Open Standard team scale.
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Her best resource, Atkin figured, were the people who were closest to her.
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The 49-year-old cold case was eventually solved in August 2023.
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Trump’s 2020 defeat and unusual split term solved that problem.
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Congressional Republicans were divided over the Supreme Court’s Tuesday decision to strike down an executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
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Countless individual tread blocks, divided by wide grooves, wriggled around instead of digging in.
Adjective
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His desire to run in behind and carry the ball at speed was most impressive against Panama, something that England can use to test more resolute defensive sides, as well as those who will leave spaces in behind to attack.
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England’s fierce attacks in the second half were thwarted by a resolute American defense and a series of saves by goalkeeper Frank Borghi.
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After more than an hour sheltering from the rain in the Ronald Reagan Building, Nadine Szewczyk, 67, decided to head back to her hotel.
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The suit last week is another sign that the utilities have decided to push back against criticism.
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Tatis led off and knocked Boyd's fifth pitch over the left-field bleachers onto Waveland Avenue, before Chicago answered in the bottom of the inning when Seiya Suzuki scored on Carson Kelly's RBI single.
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Koorimannil and his best friend had answered an ad online for jobs encouraging tourism to Thailand.
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Faster clinical brain imaging The new design removes one of the biggest bottlenecks in conventional computer architecture, where memory and processors are physically separated.
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Instead, Hargitay learned at age 30 that her bio-dad was Italian entertainer Nelson Sardelli — Giovanna Sardelli’s father — with whom Mansfield had a brief relationship while separated from Mickey Hargitay in the early 1960s.
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“Resolved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resolved. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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