figure out

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My song’s not in the show, but people are putting two and two together and figuring out that I wrote it.

From The Wall Street Journal

With his longtime producing partner Gary Krieg, they gravitated toward researchers solving the problem of “protein folding,” figuring out how to predict the 3-D shape of proteins from a chain of amino acids.

From The Wall Street Journal

The nonprofit has been going through its own planning process for months to figure out how to sell electricity to data centers without burdening other customers, and expects to release a comprehensive plan.

From Barron's

While the entertainment landscape has changed beyond recognition over the past two decades, major networks and on-screen talent are still figuring out how best to make money from streaming platforms.

From BBC

But Canadian policymakers have faced the challenge of figuring out how to expand the export market for Canadian farmers without hurting Canada’s auto industry by facilitating the import of inexpensive Chinese vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal