figure out
Example Sentences
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Each semester, I would take my students to study frustrated users’ attempts to figure out the D.C.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
Upon landing, "take an inventory of yourself to figure out, what condition am I in? Can I even move? Am I even mobile?"
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
"It is a tricky endeavour to try to figure out how long wars will last," Min said.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
“We can figure out how aggressive to be with medications.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
She hasn’t said so, but I don’t need to be a genius to figure out who keeps calling and texting her.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.