as in to solve (for)
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How did Cordelia Cupp figure out who killed A.B. Wynter?—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025 -
One quickly figures out which friends are open to the world, open to the technology of the 21st Century, and which would prefer to live in 1983, or even 1953.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Single Americans making $150,000 fall under the 22 percent federal tax bracket, which equates to around $24,000 deducted from their paychecks for U.S. income taxes.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Instead, a few times a day the payment authority (in the US, this is almost always the Federal Reserve) will collate millions of check payments made, and then deduct or add the total amount that specific banks owe or are owed when all those payments are processed.—
Dylan Matthews,
Vox,
5 Mar. 2025
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In my experience, this is especially true of first-time and passionate entrepreneurs who have not yet learned how to manage the teams that are so critical to building and scaling their business to keep up with competitors and constantly changing customer demands.—
Martin Zwilling,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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The Army revised its main physical fitness requirement in 2022 to make its scoring scales age and gender neutral.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2025
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Attaching the Freyja to a Chair The Freyja is a black pad that measures 38 by 16 inches (HW) and has soft, flat padding arranged in polygonal panels.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
15 Mar. 2025
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Contender, a 1,653-pound male great white shark measuring 13 feet, 9 inches, is being tracked off the coast of Florida, according to OCEARCH.—
Julia Bonavita,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Figure in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figure%20in. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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