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- analyze v.
- appraise v.
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- crack v.
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- evaluate v.
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- foretell v.
- get v.
- hypothesize v.
- individualize v.
- infer v.
- number v.
- outsmart v.
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- penetrate v.
- place v.
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- reckon v.
- solve v.
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- think v.
- understand v.
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“I didn’t have to figure out what ‘The West Wing’s’ political position was going to be or what ‘The West Wing’ thought about the world,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
“I don’t know if now is the time. I don’t know that it’s hard to figure out kind of what happened.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Fumbling to figure out what makes him tick, Evans attempts to neg the provocateur as someone who lacks the passion to think differently.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
“We’re trying to figure out who the 3% are, because they are the bravest people on earth.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
“All I have to do now is figure out how I’m going to get a monkey in this thing.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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