puzzle out
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This is difficult to puzzle out because, as mentioned, dark matter does not interact with light and it does not seem to decay over time — but it does have gravity.
From Salon • Dec. 26, 2024
But Maitlis says she spent years "trying to puzzle out" what the words meant.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024
Once they had the pseudorandom graph in place, they still had to puzzle out several pieces of math.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024
Without information from a weather radar or other optical measurements, he says, it is challenging to puzzle out the small-scale processes within thunderstorms.
From National Geographic • Oct. 6, 2023
After the nurse left, I tried to puzzle out this new move on Doctor Nolan's part.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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