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something attained by mental effort and especially by computation
the solution to a math problem
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Then finding a solution for them, but more give them the illusion of choice.
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Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
There were more details over the sessions about the pilot projects for door-to-door collection of textile waste underway in Navi Mumbai and Bangalore, as well as the fact that the conclave in Panipat in Northern India had strengthened and was working its way towards finding more solutions.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 4 Mar. 2025
Washington has laid out a vision of peace that appears a little binary – a moment in which the war stops and Moscow agrees to Trump’s solution unequivocally.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
Aside from shower head filters, a clarifying shampoo is the ultimate solution to combating build-up on your scalp caused by natural oil production (or perhaps worsened by poor water quality rich in harmful minerals).
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
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Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
There were more details over the sessions about the pilot projects for door-to-door collection of textile waste underway in Navi Mumbai and Bangalore, as well as the fact that the conclave in Panipat in Northern India had strengthened and was working its way towards finding more solutions.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 4 Mar. 2025
Washington has laid out a vision of peace that appears a little binary – a moment in which the war stops and Moscow agrees to Trump’s solution unequivocally.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
Aside from shower head filters, a clarifying shampoo is the ultimate solution to combating build-up on your scalp caused by natural oil production (or perhaps worsened by poor water quality rich in harmful minerals).
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
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