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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The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult one.
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Kris Holt, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Arizona’s yearly deliveries from the Colorado River, which makes up roughly 40% of Phoenix’s water supply, are becoming harder to predict as states figure out how to manage lower flows and overuse.
—Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Try to figure out how to celebrate each other and go to the next level.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
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Kris Holt, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Arizona’s yearly deliveries from the Colorado River, which makes up roughly 40% of Phoenix’s water supply, are becoming harder to predict as states figure out how to manage lower flows and overuse.
—Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Try to figure out how to celebrate each other and go to the next level.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
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Apparently, Comedy Central tried to solve its issue by going to Mulaney, not once but twice.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Asked if South Carolina should expand Medicaid, Simmer said the challenges South Carolina and other states confront are worsened by health care provider shortages and structural inequities too large and complicated for Medicaid expansion alone to solve.Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Nix, a captain and budding leader, on Wednesday took a long, deep breath before answering a question about Forsyth and his demeanor since Sunday.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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First is a lengthy 12-minute cold open: a flash-forward that almost immediately answers the Kevin Costner question by revealing that Governor John Dutton has been shot and killed in the bathroom of his governor’s mansion in Helena.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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That dynamic unraveled during the pandemic as lockdowns kept everyone at home.Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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But their convictions were unraveled by a judge’s homophobic remarks.Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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As with the Coliseum sale, the city is counting on important revenue — in this case, $12 million — to help resolve its critical budget woes.Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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The issue was resolved by toggling the eSIM off and on in Settings.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Figure out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figure%20out. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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