- present participle of solve.
solving
Example Sentences
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They rejected the view that technologies didn’t exist to start solving climate change immediately and hoped carbon capture offered, as Pacala said, a way to make fossil fuels “climate safe.”
From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026
Flood barriers can be effective in local areas, Coffee says, but they tend to displace the problem rather than solving it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
According to Arya, the industry is simply transitioning from a phase where it had to defend its initial return on investment to one focused on solving physical infrastructure and power constraints.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
Experts say investigators’ best bet to solving the case quickly would be if someone recognizes the suspect in Nest video footage, a masked man seen on Guthrie’s porch the morning she was abducted.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
"You already knew about Buttons's escape act. You girls were thinking about solving this one, eh? I bet you were going to ask me to take you to the petting zoo today, weren't you?"
From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene
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