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[fig-yer, fig-er] / ˈfɪg jər, ˈfɪg ər /








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The rescuers befriend our true prince, Ben; of course, we figure out his identity long before the protagonists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Musician and composer Neil Martin, who had collaborated with Lunny throughout his career described the loss as "huge" and said he was an "extraordinary figure".

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

As companies better figure out how to use AI, productivity could continue to surge at least until the end of the decade.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Perhaps the most noteworthy sports figure to battle Parkinson’s was boxing great Muhammad Ali, who died in 2016.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

I’ll figure out what needs to be done to make Pops’s dream come true so that when Nate’s ready, everything will be all teed up for him.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The ad buy is six figures but could grow, according to its backers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

If Sunday's parliamentary elections really are a battle for the heart of Serbia, then who better than a cardiologist to be one of the leading figures in the race.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

In the series, Cohen played a white man obsessed with hip-hop and reggae who would interview public figures including Donald Trump and Buzz Aldrin -- and they weren't in on the joke.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The figures will shed light on earnings pressures facing industrial businesses and their capacity to invest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Suddenly the snow beneath the trees erupted, and several tall, white-clad figures surrounded them.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Austin figured out how to control the code that was running in the computer’s memory with as few as a few dozen requests to a server running PHP.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

One of Khosla’s colleagues had figured how the burned trees reached the yard near McFarland, about 22 miles north of Bakersfield.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

It was put to Carrick that it would help if United could manage some shutouts, and he was asked if he had figured out the problem.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

They keep calling because someone, somewhere, has figured out that this is an active number, and likely made a note on a computer file that you will answer.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Rowdy didn’t know what was going on, but figured that as long as we were making some noise, he might as well make some, too.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Some are hosted by third-party companies such as the investment platforms that wealth managers use as supermarkets of sorts when figuring out what investments to place their clients in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Asking about the connection you want with a person is a way of figuring it out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Moving forward, the real policy challenge will revolve around transparency, the enforceability of existing laws and simply figuring out what type of disclosure would be helpful to voters.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

With winter not far off, Ukrzaliznytsia is already figuring out how to deal with evacuations when the outside temperature can reach -20C or below and snow is lying heavy on the ground.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

She looked intrigued, which was new, because Katie usually walks around with this distracted expression on her face, like she’s busy figuring the square root of the prime number closest to the gross national product.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen


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