as in to solve
to find an answer for through reasoning
a book of brainteasers that even a really clever person won't have an easy time figuring out
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Finally, in 2000, historian Alison Duncan Hirsch attempted to figure out the real story of Madame Montour, drawing on the various threads of archival evidence.
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Katrina Gulliver, JSTOR Daily, 1 Feb. 2025
Home doesn’t feature cannibalism, thankfully, but Home’s ambitious, heartfelt sci-fi can’t quite figure out the gravity of its stakes.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
Executives try to figure out what went right and appealed the most and apply those lessons to the next commercial.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
As a search and recovery operation continues in and around the Potomac, authorities are trying to figure out exactly what went wrong in the air above the nation’s capital.
—Casey Tolan, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
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Katrina Gulliver, JSTOR Daily, 1 Feb. 2025
Home doesn’t feature cannibalism, thankfully, but Home’s ambitious, heartfelt sci-fi can’t quite figure out the gravity of its stakes.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
Executives try to figure out what went right and appealed the most and apply those lessons to the next commercial.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
As a search and recovery operation continues in and around the Potomac, authorities are trying to figure out exactly what went wrong in the air above the nation’s capital.
—Casey Tolan, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
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The employees who move up the fastest are the ones who think critically, solve problems, and drive the business forward.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
11 Feb. 2025
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The bodies have been recovered and identified and authorities on Sunday remained determined to solve the mystery of what caused a small plane to lose speed and altitude over Alaska moments before a horrific crash that killed all 10 people aboard.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Every time there’s impactful news, CFOs need to answer: What would this mean to our cash and liquidity in the future?—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
11 Feb. 2025
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The White House did not answer questions from ProPublica about DOGE’s plans for AST.—
Heather Vogell,
ProPublica,
11 Feb. 2025
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While many of the President’s supporters are cheering him on, some legal experts see a constitutional crisis unfolding, as many of Trump’s moves raise urgent legal and constitutional questions that could take years to fully unravel.—
Nik Popli,
TIME,
4 Feb. 2025
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The story follows a musician plagued by insomnia who is pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel the very core of his existence.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2025
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Gomez was deported by ICE in October before completing his 364-day jail sentence and a case against a minor involved was resolved in Family Court.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2025
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In the 50 years since Hilbert’s 10th problem was resolved, mathematicians have been searching for this cutoff.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
3 Feb. 2025
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