How to Use solution in a Sentence

solution

noun
  • He rinsed the contact lens with saline solution.
  • The solution is simple you need to spend less money.
  • She made a solution of baking soda and water.
  • Medication may not be the best solution for the patient's condition.
  • This is the best solution that makes sense to me and my team.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Compared to the Pixel Fold, the Fold 2’s solution for the camera looks clunky and out of place.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The solution now likely lies with the courts — though that too comes with its own risks.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Spray the wood with the solution, and let dry for a gray barnwood effect.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The meeting aimed to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine.
    Luke McGee, CNN, 12 Aug. 2023
  • In other words, back toward the idea of a two-state solution.
    ABC News, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Maybe the solution is to offer a cash prize — maybe a million bucks, to be divvied up — to the winning side.
    Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Neville, in a stroke of genius, turned to the one place that always seems to have a solution: Facebook.
    Shealagh Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The star was also moved by the passion Lundquist Faust and Lundquist had for finding a solution.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
  • Dampen a cloth or sponge in a 1:1 solution of water and vinegar, then clean both sides of the screen.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 27 July 2024
  • Use a solution of Castile or mild soap mixed with water, and gently scrub the outside of the shoe with a clean rag.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Just can't think of it as a miracle and the only solution.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The move will offer some relief but is not a long-term solution.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC news, 11 Aug. 2023
  • If space in your bag or weight are more important to you than raw power, the Air is the best solution.
    Nick Guy, wsj.com, 1 Nov. 2023
  • That’s your brain’s way of connecting the dots and coming up with a solution.
    Jennifer Robinson, The Conversation, 6 May 2024
  • The next best solution, then, is to build a device that would open the barrier and allow drugs to pass through.
    Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 12 May 2023
  • His solution: prove that AI can be used for more than profit.
    Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The best puzzles of all were the ones that had no answer key—the ones for which no one even knew if a solution existed.
    Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Provide them with the resources to try those solutions.
    Jeffrey Okoro, STAT, 24 Nov. 2023
  • If the solution isn't acidic enough, Kern said those gases could escape when the samples are opened and skew the results.
    Anna Staver, The Enquirer, 24 Feb. 2023
  • One solution for how to do just that: Welcoming guests at the door (okay, the front desk) with a beverage.
    Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 16 July 2024
  • Studies have frequently shown that doesn’t turn out to be the case with ride-share solutions.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 16 May 2024
  • The best solution to remove this type of wallpaper is to use a steamer.
    Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The solution may be to redistribute a part of their shares to the remaining partners.
    Roman Kumar Vyas, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.
    USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Britain has apparently found a solution to the global unemployment crisis: Weight loss shots.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 17 Oct. 2024

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