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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The Manicurist Let’s Flash set solves the problem and then some.
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Annie Blackman, Allure, 5 Nov. 2024
The Astros tried to make a big splash before the trade deadline to solve their first base problem.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
That can’t happen fast enough, because, year by year, the problems get more difficult to solve.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Routing of traffic is essential and currently tends to be solved via symbolic or traditional mathematical means.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Annie Blackman, Allure, 5 Nov. 2024
The Astros tried to make a big splash before the trade deadline to solve their first base problem.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
That can’t happen fast enough, because, year by year, the problems get more difficult to solve.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Routing of traffic is essential and currently tends to be solved via symbolic or traditional mathematical means.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Markets fell by nearly 8% in 2000 from election night to year-end, after the Bush-Gore battle took more than a month to resolve.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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This cough can linger for a month or more, unlike most viral infections that resolve faster.Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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Nix, a captain and budding leader, on Wednesday took a long, deep breath before answering a question about Forsyth and his demeanor since Sunday.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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First is a lengthy 12-minute cold open: a flash-forward that almost immediately answers the Kevin Costner question by revealing that Governor John Dutton has been shot and killed in the bathroom of his governor’s mansion in Helena.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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That dynamic unraveled during the pandemic as lockdowns kept everyone at home.Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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But their convictions were unraveled by a judge’s homophobic remarks.Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Solve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solve. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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