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answer

[an-ser, ahn-] / ˈæn sər, ˈɑn- /






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You have five lives before the answer is revealed.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The answer was hip-hop, R&B and pop acts from the late 1990s and early aughts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

The answer is silica, a material that is 20 times more toxic than coal.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Sen. Darline Graham flubbed an answer on a South Carolina debate stage Tuesday, but she’s far from the only politician who could use a refresher on Pacific geopolitics.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

And there, Clare realized, was the answer he’d been searching for.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

“But they’re so good at it,” answers dad.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Social media platforms and message boards are crawling with asks for reliable weather app recommendations, and the answers can vary wildly.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

Nall said while she is hesitant to use the word “optimistic,” she has been seeing improvements in AI’s answers since they’ve been doubling down on their efforts to influence LLMs.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

Last year, ChatGPT launched Study Mode for students, in which it talks through schoolwork without giving away the answers.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

My stomach answers first, quaking with nausea, but I breathe through it.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

"You will find out like ever other journalist and the public when we announce who the new health minister will be. I'm not going to speculate," he answered.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

They answered questions like, “What should I expect? What are the watch-outs?”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

If you answered “no” to all of them, try the DIY tests below.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Last week’s episode of Amicus included a mailbag special in which Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern answered listeners’ burning questions about the law.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

“Not today,” I answered, realizing this was the first day I hadn’t come up with a Wonder.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Emily, John, and David top off the summer by answering listeners’ questions of all kinds.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

"That genetic information, in turn, offers us a window into the past, answering questions about things such as when and where a manuscript was made."

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

Many use the generative chatbot as a search engine, capable of answering questions with more detail, content and relevance than a regular Google search.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Many more unfolded quietly, as young women deleted posts, locked their accounts and stopped answering calls from unknown numbers.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Roz spent that day with her family, exploring the island and answering questions from the curious goslings.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




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