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
  • Patients also need to figure out how to cope with some pretty intense activity limitations during the early part of their healing.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Figure that Oscar campaigners for these and other films will try to figure out what impact this has on their chances.
    Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of figure out
Verb
  • Without an extension of the $10,000 SALT cap, which would be welcomed by Democrats and blue-state Republicans alike, taxpayers would be allowed to deduct all eligible state and local income, revenue from sales, property taxes, and foreign income taxes.
    Tobias Burns, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Employees can deduct their contributions from their paycheck, make a credit card donation, or both.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of deduct
Verb
  • Each person has a part to play in the overall goal, and each person’s goals can scale up and down from hourly to a five-year trajectory.
    Ciarán McArdle, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • If corporate leaders complain about these directives’ effects on their bottom lines, Trump’s team could force CISA to scale back its use of this authority.
    Eric Geller, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of scale
Verb
  • Subsidence is when the ground beneath a building sinks, pulling a building's foundations down with it, and researchers are able to measure it by fractions of an inch when looking at satellite imagery.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The overall picture is that the physiology is real, but the practical effects seem to be too small to measure.
    Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of measure
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