figure out
- analyze v.
- appraise v.
- augur v.
- clear up v.
- compute v.
- crack v.
- decode v.
- determine v.
- discern v.
- distinguish v.
- evaluate v.
- fathom v.
- forecast v.
- foretell v.
- get v.
- hypothesize v.
- individualize v.
- infer v.
- number v.
- outsmart v.
- outthink v.
- outwit v.
- penetrate v.
- place v.
- plan v.
- predict v.
- ratiocinate v.
- reason v.
- reckon v.
- solve v.
- speculate v.
- think v.
- understand v.
- unfold v.
- work out v.
Example Sentences
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Investors are scrambling to figure out what it might mean for the economy, and their portfolios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
“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
Then we’d figure out what to do with it, and what it will do to us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
Danny chuckled to himself and took a moment to figure out his next move.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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