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Electronic calculators, for instance, may have helped users solve equations -- but left the method and reasoning process in human hands.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
If there was a “gang” put together to solve a problem, he wanted in on the action, whatever it was.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Trying to solve Belgium was more difficult than solving Paraguay and the high-pressure, must-win situation of an elimination game against the No. 8 team in the world — and it clearly unsettled the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
The two fusion projects will move too slowly to solve that near-term problem, even if everything goes perfectly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Rania had acknowledged that it could potentially be a problem, but she hadn’t wanted one problem to distract from the ability to solve the landing calculation problem.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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Most filmmakers are tool agnostic, but lately Cardoza has become completely dependent on Seedance, he said, because it solves a persistent problem: maintaining character consistency between shots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 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
This computation solves ancient problems from our evolutionary history that arise from having a mobile, complex body with many senses and conflicting needs.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
It’s not until he finds three huge spiral-bound folios of Jules Verne in Braille that he solves it.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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“But until this mystery is solved, it is best to avoid these foods altogether.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Despite its achievements, Ukraine hasn’t solved every problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Now, chemists at Northwestern University have solved that long standing mystery.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
But two years after the Supreme Court untied their hands, Grants Pass has not solved homelessness, and things have gone from bad to worse.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026
The brothers had solved a couple of mysteries around Bayport lately.
From "Mystery Map (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #3)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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So while the benefits on my first travel credit card were great, they weren’t solving problems that I actually had.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Trying to solve Belgium was more difficult than solving Paraguay and the high-pressure, must-win situation of an elimination game against the No. 8 team in the world — and it clearly unsettled the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
"Watching the bees solving the task was genuinely fascinating."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
It made solving climate change seem possible, even simple.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
It was wonderful for solving polynomials—expressions like x3 + 3x + 1 that have x raised to various powers.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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