as in to resolve
to find an answer for through reasoning
it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle
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Recent Examples of solve
Housing alone won’t solve this quickly, especially when units can cost $500,000 to $900,000 each and take years to build.
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Maud is determined to solve both.
—Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
Moving toward V8s could solve many of these problems.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 6 May 2026
Even those beating the drum of the male-loneliness crisis seem convinced that the problem of men’s stunted emotional lives is easily solved: more group activities, less time online.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Maud is determined to solve both.
—Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
Moving toward V8s could solve many of these problems.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 6 May 2026
Even those beating the drum of the male-loneliness crisis seem convinced that the problem of men’s stunted emotional lives is easily solved: more group activities, less time online.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solve
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What The Dark Wizard does differently is grapple with Potter’s impenetrability without being able to resolve it, and consider how that indecision might change our perceptions of his life and his May 2015 death while BASE jumping in Yosemite.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
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Typically, those reviews have been resolved quickly, but standard times started stretching longer starting around August 2025, the association said.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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In my case, that often means answering questions about trees, shrubs, flowers, lawns, and the labor-intensive world of turfgrass management.—
Markis Hill,
Kansas City Star,
3 May 2026
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These are questions that absolutely need to be answered.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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However, his finances began to unravel in the late 2000s, largely due to heavy spending on real estate, rare collectibles and other high-cost purchases.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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When the dreams start bleeding into real life, Charlie — who fancies himself an amateur detective — convinces his brother and friends to investigate Lorcan’s mysterious origins, a thread that soon unravels an entire secret fantasy world kept under wraps by the elders of the island.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
1 May 2026
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“Solve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solve. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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