How to Use figured in a Sentence
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With no senior starters and just two on the roster, many figured Lemont was a year away.
—Steve Millar, chicagotribune.com, 5 Mar. 2022
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But no one had quite figured out how the jellies’ goo worked until now.
—Cheryl Ames, National Geographic, 13 Feb. 2020
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Six months later, Jim Irsay still hasn't quite figured out how to let go.
—Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2020
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And Barbie, with her new, more full-figured physique, can log on to Mattel.com and purchase a sleeveless mesh slip dress that fits her like a glove.
—Hannah Morrill, Cosmopolitan, 29 Aug. 2016
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The sisters haven’t quite figured out how to frame the detours their lives took because of events that preceded them.
—Raheem Hosseini, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Sep. 2021
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Sculptures of full-figured, bare-breasted nymphs look out at the river from their perches at the bridge’s center.
—Elaine Sciolino, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2019
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Tommy still hasn't quite figured out how to function without her.
—Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 11 June 2022
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The trinity: Smoke Shack’s sausage ($2.25 a link) did a Jekyll and Hyde thing, going pale, flabby and smokeless one time, then full-figured, tawny and campfire-smoky the next.
—Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 4 May 2018
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That’s made clear in a new report on global billionaires from Wealth-X, which surveys the landscape of the ten-figured titans.
—Theodore Schleifer, Recode, 19 May 2018
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The garment: a shiny, onyx bodysuit, ballooning a dark-skinned, full-figured black woman.
—Alisha Acquaye, Teen Vogue, 10 July 2017
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Shrill follows the story of a full-figured woman, Annie, who seeks out ways to change her life without changing her body.
—Toby Grey, BGR, 16 Sep. 2022
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Some styles feature videos of models, including some full-figured ones, walking and posing in the suit.
—Anne D'innocenzio, USA TODAY, 17 June 2017
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And my daughter was thrilled beyond measure by the full-figured Black dancers, strutting their stuff in glittery skin-tight costumes.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2022
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Hilaria Baldwin hasn't quite figured out how to explain to others why her youngest babies are so close in age.
—Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 9 Aug. 2021
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The singer, who is known for openly embracing her curves, debunked the myth that full-figured women don’t exercise.
—Jasmine Grant, Essence, 10 June 2020
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Myth: Patterns will make a little space feel busy and coffin-like. Truth: A figured wallpaper creates depth.
—Lauren Joseph, WSJ, 12 Feb. 2022
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Check out the list below for all of the dope queens securing the production bag with full-figured multi-million dollar deals, first-look agreements, and more.
—Essence, 19 May 2021
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There are also players who have plenty of raw talent, but haven't quite figured out how to channel it in the proper direction – at least, not yet.
—Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2021
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And to be fair, many government authorities haven’t quite figured out how to handle it either.
—Shawn Farshchi, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
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Even in the early 2000s, roles for women who weren't white or a size two and smaller were limited — talk less for women who happened to identify as both full-figured and Black.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 21 Oct. 2021
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If electric vehicles are doing the traveling, governments still haven’t quite figured out how to charge them for it.
—Aarian Marshall, Wired, 27 May 2021
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Museo Botero pays homage to Colombia's most famous artist, Fernando Botero, with his signature plump women and full-figured fruits.
—Lucy Sherriff, CNN, 23 Aug. 2021
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Slightly surprising - figured league would want a new partner, and YouTube is very interested in live sports.
—Peter Kafka, Recode, 26 Apr. 2018
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Yura picked up his bag, walked out into the vestibule, the lippy man now gone, and took his place next to three women of various ages: an old woman, a full-figured middle-aged woman, and a young girl.
—Vladimir Sorokin, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
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Libraries and physical bookstores closed, launch events were canceled, and publishers hadn’t quite figured out Zoom yet.
—Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022
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Muhammad, a slight-figured man with a piercing gaze and a prayer bruise on his bald forehead, is 38, a former trader whose gifts as a speaker and promoter are indisputable.
—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2017
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Just ask Liris Crosse, who has been championing the beauty of full-figured women throughout her flourishing 20-year career.
—NBC News, 19 Sep. 2017
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By midnight, her breathing seemed slightly shallow but figured that was just the congestion building.
—Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2021
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Here’s the roster: Snuffaluffagus, a 3-year-old American Staffordshire terrier mix, is a full-figured gal who is up for anything.
—Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2017
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The front seats are especially comfortable and are supportive without being too snug on the tush for full-figured motorists.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
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