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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Michael Appler, communications director, Trendalytics The answer to an ever-faster trend ecosystem, shifting consumer priorities and uncertain market dynamics?
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Lauren Parker, WWD, 15 Jan. 2025
The short answer to this question is: only a handful of people know and none of them would give you a straight answer.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Because the answer to that tax question and others may change — a little or a lot — by the end of this year.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
The answer to this question, like any other about Brutalist history, proves tricky, since not everyone tied to the movement particularly liked the name given to it.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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Lauren Parker, WWD, 15 Jan. 2025
The short answer to this question is: only a handful of people know and none of them would give you a straight answer.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Because the answer to that tax question and others may change — a little or a lot — by the end of this year.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
The answer to this question, like any other about Brutalist history, proves tricky, since not everyone tied to the movement particularly liked the name given to it.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 14 Jan. 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 18 Jan. 2025.
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