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answer

[an-ser, ahn-] / ˈæn sər, ˈɑn- /






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As summer enters its final laps, at last I have the answer to a question that has nagged at me for more than half a century.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

You shouldn’t run to buy a home with half of your retirement account until you can answer all of these questions, at least.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

Researchers at Tulane University, working with collaborators at Stanford University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may now have identified part of the answer.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

“Media companies are always looking at what the next thing is. The answer isn’t that they become us or we become them. It’s somewhere in the messy middle, of which nobody knows right now.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

I don’t answer him, careful not to say anything that might lead him to think I want to be here.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Apparently the federal government is in on this somehow, though the answers to that are left hanging for a sequel that I doubt we’ll ever see.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Several of their relatives have travelled to Kathmandu seeking answers, assisted by volunteers from the Foundation.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

John Swinney spent much of the summer listening to survivors, families, and those working in the sector, as part of an effort to find the answers.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

The advisers’ answers all pointed in the same direction: The SEP IRA wins on simplicity.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

From the look on her face, my answers were exactly what she was expecting.

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

The company hasn’t answered questions about whether the deaths in Novartis’s studies occurred in one clinical trial or across several.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Trout was so enthusiastic that, when a reporter asked if he was excited about what the new vision might be, he answered before the reporter could finish asking the question.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

AI answered correctly, saying that complaints are not publicly published but that there are Medicare star ratings that can be helpful in making selections.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

Instead, he asked the Texas secretary of state to consider whether Castro was a fugitive, and he refused to reach a decision on extraditing him until that question was answered.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

“I believe I need to go to the roof garden restaurant,” the man answered.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

"Due to the Tugberk Imamoglu not responding to any calls and the crew not answering their mobiles... it is believed the cargo ship has sunk," it said.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

As AI-assisted answering, deepfakes and fraudulent candidates complicate hiring, companies are upping their screening tactics to make sure job seekers really know what they’re talking about and are who they say they are.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

"One of our main goals at Nasa is answering the question: are we alone in the universe?"

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

“We are glad the Mayor is finally answering the call,” Raman said in the statement.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Instead of answering he extends his own hand to the porter, producing enough money for two tickets.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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