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Off-budget oil money supplements that figure, but even generous estimates put Iran’s total military budget near $23 billion—less than a third of Saudi Arabia’s and about half of Israel’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“So it’s necessary to figure out when we can’t control things and find out how to adapt.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Once again, she’ll tackle an unsavory topic and figure out how to bring it to fruition; then distribute it come what may, because she refuses to be boxed in by the industry’s expectations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
About one million people are living with dementia in the UK, a figure expected to reach 1.4 million by 2040.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
And, uh, figure out how to tell Grandma that I needed a new one.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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A significant widening in profit margin—due to improved efficiency and the strengthening zloty against the dollar—also helped headline profit figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Official figures published on Friday ahead of the BOJ announcement showed that inflation eased slightly last month.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Division game, so this figures to be close.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Bryan’s character is a big part of the movie’s appeal; he’s a scruffy, discombobulated everyman who figures out solutions on the fly, not a boringly cool and composed slaying machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
At that moment, three mounted figures appeared on the hill just above Port Conway.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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David, their father, figured they were constantly running, jumping and lifting things, anyway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Users of Meta glasses have figured out ways to obscure components meant to indicate that a photo or video is being captured, including by tampering with the electronics in the device.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
There was no single revelation, just a lot of weeknight pans of mushrooms that gradually got better as I figured out what I liked.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
And they haven’t figured out how to prevent it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
“You know,” Elliot said, standing up and stretching, “if we can get this figured out, we might actually make it as partners.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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But figuring out who gets what has become a complicated legal battle, underscoring a harsh reality: Even when stolen money is found, getting it back can be another ordeal entirely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
“At the end of the day, I’m just changing nappies, figuring out who has a fever and doing laundry.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"For a lot of things there's no need to use AI…but for figuring out that six pixels in the distance are an airplane versus some other smudge, it is perfect territory," says Norcia.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Liberal arts has never been more important in this era of AI — figuring out who are we and what are we meant to do.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
All three of the children had made remarkable strides regarding their own educations, yet there were many times that their governess felt she was still figuring things out “on the fly,” so to speak.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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