answer to (something)
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: to be the same as or match (something)
The suspect answers to the description perfectly.
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But who will ultimately arise as the star of Super Bowl LIX?
Patrick Mahomes, chasing Tom Brady
The obvious answer to this question is the quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes.
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David Hill, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2025
Some of the answer to this question can be found in Morrison v. Olson (1988), the case where Scalia wrote his consequential dissent.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
Nearly two decades later, with the United States on the brink of entering World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt requested that these private organizations form a more permanent answer to the military’s needs.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
Economists say the answer to a declining labor force is to replace people with machines and robots that increase total productivity.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
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David Hill, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2025
Some of the answer to this question can be found in Morrison v. Olson (1988), the case where Scalia wrote his consequential dissent.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
Nearly two decades later, with the United States on the brink of entering World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt requested that these private organizations form a more permanent answer to the military’s needs.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
Economists say the answer to a declining labor force is to replace people with machines and robots that increase total productivity.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Answer to (something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/answer%20to%20%28something%29. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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