figure

Judge Reel described the impact his death had had on the family as "profound", saying while Richard had no children of his own, he served as a "father figure" to his nephews and nieces.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The minuscule yet distinctly humanoid figure of a fairy flaps its wings as it flies into the ancient ruins of a bygone kingdom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The AQI converts measurements of pollutants into a single figure indicating air quality and potential health risks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

“That’s a task best left to others—preferably those with advanced degrees in psychology. He was complex—or at least hard to figure out. That much I can say.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Planning to capture Booth when he did his walk-through of all the hidden exits of the theater earlier that day. Tricky one, that; took us multiple jumps to figure out.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Hot Wheels, games and action figures sales grew.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

MarketWatch identified comparable historic figures from Forbes’ 2007 list of the richest Americans of all time, then calculated each individual’s peak net worth as a percentage of U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Elsewhere on the calendar, September money supply figures are due Monday and foreign direct investment data are due Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

But it said because some of these figures date back nearly a decade it was not possible to be absolutely certain or conclude over-diagnosis was currently occurring at scale.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

He looked at his watch, put down figures in a book, and talked to people.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Walmart hasn’t figured out the best way to automate online orders assembled inside stores, not warehouses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

El-Sayed has figured out how to talk to the people who love Fox without pretending that the network is something it isn’t.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Companies that sell electricity have finally figured out a way to make money off the data center boom without ending up on the wrong side of the political fight against data centers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

"We have figured out a new technique that allows us to see the effects of a single quark in the QGP, through a different pair of particles," Lee says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

I figured that it was about time for me to say something or I would surely have to drink the well dry or be chained to a fence post.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

“You can tell they’re figuring out their wardrobe and feel awkward,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Moving forward, the real policy challenge will revolve around transparency, the enforceability of existing laws and simply figuring out what type of disclosure would be helpful to voters.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

With winter not far off, Ukrzaliznytsia is already figuring out how to deal with evacuations when the outside temperature can reach -20C or below and snow is lying heavy on the ground.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

For the Magic 8 Ball, it was figuring out how the answer block could float without developing air bubbles, since his version is about an inch in diameter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

He was a lawyer and great at figuring things out.

From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene