as in to resolve
to find an answer for through reasoning
it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle
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Recent Examples of solve
The Wild’s puzzling struggles at home will have to get solved — and soon — as the team will spend a good chunk of March at Xcel Energy Center.
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Michael Russo, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
The Trump administration should enter these negotiations with a clear sense of U.S. interests, a correct diagnosis of the problem to be solved, a preferred ranking of possible outcomes, and a strategy for how to accomplish its objective.
—Thomas Wright, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
But more than this, he is also obsessed with solving problems where there is a real market need and doing so in ways that are appealing to the humans that the solutions were designed to help.
—Marcus Weldon, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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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Michael Russo, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
The Trump administration should enter these negotiations with a clear sense of U.S. interests, a correct diagnosis of the problem to be solved, a preferred ranking of possible outcomes, and a strategy for how to accomplish its objective.
—Thomas Wright, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
But more than this, he is also obsessed with solving problems where there is a real market need and doing so in ways that are appealing to the humans that the solutions were designed to help.
—Marcus Weldon, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solve
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The issue of micromobility lithium-ion battery safety and standards is not being resolved anytime soon.—
John Orlando,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2025
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Already in something of a limbo state as the deal gets resolved, the company could ill afford to lose carriage on a major pay-TV provider.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
15 Feb. 2025
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Schneider’s tepid endorsement of Smith came days after Macdonald chose not to answer yes when asked if Smith was in the team’s plans.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Most pilots didn’t answer; others told Bohdan to get lost.—
Joshua Yaffa,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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But just over three weeks into Trump’s second presidency, much of that unity has unraveled.—
Christian Edwards, Helen Regan and Michael Rios,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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Your husband starts his political rise in the late ‘50s, tasked with unraveling the game show scandal.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Solve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solve. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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