figuring

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Many have gone so far as to apply the precautionary principle here too: the burgeoning field of AI welfare is devoted to figuring out if and when we must care about machines.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Then she returned to her small wholesale factory in Pleasantville, N.Y., and started figuring out how she would fill orders.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

This is probably the most reliable way I use ground chicken, and the one I come back to when I have absolutely no interest in figuring out dinner.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

"It's hard to believe this is real. We're just all still figuring it out."

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Certain chores on the Ranch—like figuring out gardening-supplement-to-soil ratio and the animal-feed amounts—require math to do them right.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy