figure out
Example Sentences
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“People have to be careful whenever they try to figure out how to diversify. Do you just create a new weaponizable dependency?” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
“I didn’t want to go two innings trying to figure out how to play defense with Shohei then being out of the game,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Instead of attacking the reflected image, the octopuses needed to figure out where the stimulus was actually located and move toward it.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
The company said it plans to bring together government officials, scientists, advocacy groups and competing AI firms in coming months to figure out how such a system could work.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 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
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