figures 1 of 2

plural of figure

figures

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of figure
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as in estimates
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement let's figure the juice in the pan to be about a cup and just add it to the mix

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Noun
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been pushed to admit the casualties sustained by his country's forces, after a substantial calculation was provided by U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Tesla’s China sales fell by 4.3% in November from a year ago, while BYD saw a 67% surge, according to CNBC calculations of China Passenger Car Association Data.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • That’s a feature greatly appreciated by someone such as me, who aside from lacking staff, chooses to hoof it over Ubering at every opportunity.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
  • When asked to define her year in one word, Clark chooses historic.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Hailey estimates Doing Things’ gross revenue is 60% advertising-based with ecommerce, events and content licensing making up the remainder.
    Adam Wescott, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Forbes estimates that about one in five workers still operate remotely, and by 2025 over 22 percent of the workforce will be working from home.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • This calculation takes into account your highest 35 years of earnings, adjusts them for inflation and calculates your Social Security monthly benefit at your full retirements age.
    Thomas Hager, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • While almost every company selling these tests calculates biological age based on a different methodology, Function relies on Phenotypic Age, which is an assessment of biomarkers such as albumin, creatinine, glucose, and mean cell volume.
    Angela Haupt, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Whoopi Goldberg is clear with her romantic expectations and thinks others attempting to dip their toes into the dating pool should be, too.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • What do these moves tell us about how Netanyahu thinks about the press?
    Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Her husband, my grandfather, was not only a composer who wrote liturgical music, motets, symphonies, and string quartets but also a beloved music teacher who believed that music was as crucial to the development of the mind as math.
    Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
  • But the study authors made a math mistake, miscalculating how much of potentially toxic flame retardants a 132-pound person could safely ingest.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • How The Times decides who gets an obituary.
    Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In this place, no one decides for others.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In good news for the baby-boom generation (born 1946 to 1964), now aged between 60 and 78, Perls believes that as many as 5 to 10% of them could live to 100 or older.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Ball believes that Posen ultimately ended up with the perfect job for him.
    Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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