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solve

[solv] / sɒlv /


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"The mystery we wanted to solve was whether this journey is actually possible," said Ojha, an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

"It was like I had found the missing piece to a puzzle that I've been trying to solve for years," Lizzy says.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Hearing the futile spinning of tires, neighbors came out en masse to figure out how to solve the problem.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

He knows that obstacles are nothing but a puzzle for Wallace to solve.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

The glass would solve the crime it had witnessed.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

When we are asleep, our brain consolidates the memories of the day, processes emotions, and solves problems that defied it in the waking hours.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

My hope for this country: I just hope that everything that’s going on right now solves promptly, and then the world becomes a better place to be.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

“The innovation itself is remarkable. It’s not obvious to me which unmet consumer need evo uniquely solves, especially at roughly double the price of pods.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

This solves the overfunding concern that has kept families from contributing aggressively.

From MarketWatch Jun. 9, 2026

But the real conundrum that heredity solves is much more general: What is the nature of instruction that allows an organism to build a nose—any nose—in the first place?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“I’ve never solved a problem so quickly, before or after.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

You would have thought we would have solved this sort of thing with COVID, but we haven’t.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

Northumbrian Water said the EA would be carrying out more water quality tests at Cullercoats to determine if the repaired sewage leaks had finally solved the site's long-running pollution problems.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

“But until this mystery is solved, it is best to avoid these foods altogether.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

He then immigrated to Syracuse, where he solved engineering problems for the king.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Despite those comparable results, the women who ate within an eight- to nine-hour period performed significantly better on tests measuring spatial planning and problem solving than those who continued eating across 12 hours.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

Add solving those problems to Ms. Fujimori’s to-do list.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

AI's progress has been fast: at the 2024 IMO, Google achieved a silver-medal score, solving four of the six problems over two to three days.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

A spokesperson said: "We continue to believe that the L&VW plan is by far the fastest and most reliable route to solving Thames Water's complex problems and improving outcomes for customers and the environment."

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

But solving one problem just created a bigger problem.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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