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The word problem comes from a Greek word meaning what?

problem

[prob-luhm] / ˈprɒb ləm /




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So do England have a problem against top-10 opposition?

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The new analysis suggests that accounting for these timing effects can substantially change estimates of how often mammography identifies cancers that would otherwise never have caused a problem.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Until we are willing to talk about it openly, the problem will persist.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

It may include hands-on practice or a Socratic-like back-and-forth that requires reason to get through a problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

So that was another thing that worms didn't do and another problem that a pet worm wouldn't be.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

Even when there were problems, adult children were expected to stay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The researchers expect that as future experiments become larger and more complicated, however, quantum computers will eventually be able to solve versions of these problems that classical machines cannot handle.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

"That's really where the problems began," said Dr Shane Speights, dean of the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Maryland’s reliance on the passing game could pose problems for a secondary that was picked apart by Purdue quarterback Ryan Browne last week and is still without free safety Tao Johnson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

“MORNING MAY NOT PUT ONE’S problems in a new light, but at least it puts them in a new day,” as the wise founder of the Swanburne Academy liked to say.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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