puzzle

Example Sentences

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He and his team think they have found a missing piece of the puzzle.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The secret in Sanxingdui is how to put the puzzle together.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The authors said their apparent disappearance "has become a dense mystery, a puzzle that has plunged investigators into deep confusion".

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Now, researchers led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison believe they may have uncovered the missing piece of the puzzle.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Their meetings acquired the flavor of a postmodern literary puzzle: The story rang true even as the narrator seemed entirely unreliable.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis