figure out
- analyze v.
- appraise v.
- augur v.
- clear up v.
- compute v.
- crack v.
- decode v.
- determine v.
- discern v.
- distinguish v.
- evaluate v.
- fathom v.
- forecast v.
- foretell v.
- get v.
- hypothesize v.
- individualize v.
- infer v.
- number v.
- outsmart v.
- outthink v.
- outwit v.
- penetrate v.
- place v.
- plan v.
- predict v.
- ratiocinate v.
- reason v.
- reckon v.
- solve v.
- speculate v.
- think v.
- understand v.
- unfold v.
- work out v.
Example Sentences
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“I don’t know that it’s hard to figure out what happened,” Aikman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Macauley reinforces this mindset with a simple instruction to her team: "Follow the data, ask better questions, and figure out what is actually happening."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
In other words, these AI models help run software and can automatically figure out how to make the code work better.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
“I didn’t have to figure out what ‘The West Wing’s’ political position was going to be or what ‘The West Wing’ thought about the world,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Just tell him that I’ll be up to see him in a day or two, and that we’ll have to figure out some other way to catch those monkeys.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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