figure in

verb

Definition of figure innext
as in to solve (for)

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  1. figure out
  2. deduct
  3. scale
  4. measure
Verb
  • As this incremental progress continues, scientists are racing to figure out why some frog species are more susceptible to Bd than others.
    Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
  • As Ava figures out how to find a happy medium, Jacob, Barbara, and Melissa get caught up in trying to save the deli across the street from gentrification.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of figure out
Verb
  • Given the runup in home prices since 2013, most sellers should have enough equity to cover replacement costs by deducting those from the sales price.
    Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
  • In Wisconsin, employers may deduct time lost but can’t penalize employees in any other way.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of deduct
Verb
  • Beyond Meat continues to focus on cost-reduction initiatives and reviewing its global operations, which may include scaling back or discontinuing some operations in China.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Gauthier, who was mayor during most of the period in which the city achieved its historic drop in violent crime, believes East Palo Alto’s collaborative approach to crime reduction could be scaled up district-wide.
    Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of scale
Verb
  • In some studies, adolescents wear sensors to measure exercise intensity and volume, as well as common symptoms of concussion, like sleep and balance problems.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Researchers trained rats to jog on a treadmill To scientifically measure that observation, researchers captured two dozen vampire bats from Belize and trained them to use a small treadmill typically used to measure the metabolic rates of rats.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of measure
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