figure out
Example Sentences
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One thing the brothers were still trying to figure out in the weeks leading up to the show was an exciting equivalent to the infamous ball drop in New York’s Times Square.
From Los Angeles Times
Such an analysis, he said, might help the federal government figure out which contractors performed poor work, so that they they aren’t hired in future disasters.
From Los Angeles Times
"We couldn't sleep because everywhere was shaking. We couldn't figure out what it was, and we heard things falling from the sky, and then there was fire."
From BBC
“And if we conclude that these technologies are creating more isolation, more loneliness, more mental illness, you know what? We have got to figure out a way to stop it,” he said.
From Barron's
They’ll be the ones who figure out what to do with them first.
From MarketWatch
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