Thesaurus results for FIGURE OUT

figure out

verb

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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Recent Examples on the Web More questions were asked, and Perez agreed to go to the police station to try to help figure out where his dad might be. —

Rachel Clarke, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024 But researchers haven’t been able to figure out how the wind gets enough energy to achieve that speed – until now. —

Yeimy J. Rivera, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024 The campaign that figures out that winning recipe to move these voters to their corner over the next eight weeks will win. —

David Paleologos, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024 As couples continue to split up in the age of Doge and Ethereum, figuring out how to divvy up those computer coins is becoming a huge headache for the formerly wedlocked. —

Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for figure out

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