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 teen’s mom, however, told FOX 5 that her daughter had accidentally sent the money to the wrong account and was trying to figure out how to remedy the error.
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Bailey Richards, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
If the injuries can just stop right here, Boone can go out about the business of getting Dominguez out of left field and figuring out who is leadoff hitter is.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
Some of it is just, again, figuring out the spacing stuff, knowing where our outlets are, particularly against blitzes.
—Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2025
The market is still trying to figure out several different uncertainties – like the impact of DeepSeek and whether clients of Broadcom and other chipmakers don’t need as much AI computing power as previously thought.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
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Bailey Richards, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
If the injuries can just stop right here, Boone can go out about the business of getting Dominguez out of left field and figuring out who is leadoff hitter is.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
Some of it is just, again, figuring out the spacing stuff, knowing where our outlets are, particularly against blitzes.
—Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2025
The market is still trying to figure out several different uncertainties – like the impact of DeepSeek and whether clients of Broadcom and other chipmakers don’t need as much AI computing power as previously thought.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for figure out
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Puzzle after puzzle requires clever thinking and, most importantly, collaborative effort to solve.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Now, that’s not to say that Trump is going to solve anything.—
David Remnick,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Fashion Nova, which did not respond to a request for comment, will have the chance to answer the complaint and rebut the accusations.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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To answer that question, researchers are turning to environmental factors.—
Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
7 Mar. 2025
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Melanie does that beautifully, unraveling through rage.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2025
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Though the part is small, Hildy and her community are pivotal to unraveling the propaganda that has shaped this future dystopia, where people’s thoughts are heard aloud and an egomaniacal would-be dictator, played with gusto by Mads Mikkelsen, uses this vulnerability to control them.—
Sezin Koehler,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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In resolving antitrust claims, the settlement could spawn conflicts with state laws as well as with other federal laws, including Title IX, labor and employment laws.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Zelenskyy did not respond to shouted questions from reporters asking him if a peace deal to resolve his nation’s war with Russia was now dead.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Figure out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figure%20out. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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