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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“Once we started playing with each other, and you’re still trying to figure out who your character is, working through the other character. It’s such an intimate piece with two people.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
A Wall Street Journal article last week featured an investor who is still trying to figure out what happened to the money he invested in a SpaceX fund in 2020.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
For families trying to figure out whether to use the accounts, the proposed rules could sweeten the deal, financial advisers say.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
He added that the Law Society needed to figure out "what procedures we put in place to make sure we don't get it wrong again".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“I’m just trying to figure out the goal. Why you need to do this at all. What you think will happen if you don’t.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
