How to Use solve in a Sentence
solve
verb
- The mystery has been solved.
- He couldn't solve the math problem.
- They are working to solve the traffic problem.
- If they'll lend us the money we need, all our problems will be solved.
- The FBI has been trying to solve the case for years.
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The problem is, it’s both the run (24th) and the pass (19th), and tough to solve it all at once.
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cleveland,
20 Oct. 2022
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The best way to solve this problem is to add a layer of sand or peat moss to the ground.
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oregonlive,
18 Dec. 2022
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And the best way to solve a problem is to learn about it through web searching.
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Dallas News,
13 Jan. 2023
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And people have been trying to solve this in all kinds of ways.
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Stephen Cass,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 Mar. 2024
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Two of them, Sanders and Warren, don’t solve the age problem.
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Jason Linkins,
The New Republic,
11 Feb. 2023
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Cone is quick to credit the men’s team with helping solve it.
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Staff Writer
follow,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Dec. 2022
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The GoPro Hero 13 has one, but this four-pack of adapters solves the problem for the others.
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Scott Gilbertson,
WIRED,
27 Nov. 2024
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Students have been required for decades to learn to solve for the variable x, and to find the slope of a line.
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Troy Closson,
New York Times,
22 May 2024
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If that case could be solved after so long, why not Ann’s?
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Veronica Fulton,
NBC News,
10 Sep. 2023
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Well, there’s a guest worker program that would solve a lot of it.
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Ronn Blitzer,
Fox News,
20 Sep. 2022
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The Manicurist Let’s Flash set solves the problem and then some.
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Annie Blackman,
Allure,
5 Nov. 2024
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Is ghosting going to solve the problem in a way that makes sense for you?
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Kristen Rogers,
CNN,
18 Aug. 2024
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But this is only half of the problem that needs solving.
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Peter Guest,
WIRED,
16 Feb. 2024
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What’s next on the road to solving one of mankind's oldest riddles?
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Dana Taylor,
USA TODAY,
27 June 2024
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For many readers, Finnegans Wake isn’t a text to master or a puzzle to solve.
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Ellen Wexler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Dec. 2023
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Aren’t these the very problems Obamacare was supposed to solve?
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John C. Goodman,
Forbes,
29 Feb. 2024
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With that mystery solved, Lee moved on to give us the skinny about that buzzy butter.
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Karla Walsh,
Southern Living,
18 Dec. 2023
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This is a problem that is not going to be solved by putting guards on the border or barbed wire.
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Albinson Linares,
NBC News,
3 Apr. 2024
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Today, most websites and apps aren’t yet equipped with AI that can solve this.
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Alexandre Robicquet,
Forbes,
10 Feb. 2023
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Each saw a problem and set out to solve it, filling a gap in the marketplace.
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Yaron Morgenstern,
Forbes,
4 Oct. 2022
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One monkey played around with a Rubik’s Cube but didn’t solve it.
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Reuven Perlman,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2023
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And even then, the deal often fails to solve the problem but rather punts the deadline until later in the year.
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Cami Mondeaux,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Sep. 2024
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How about Robin Roberts helping to solve a mystery ripped from the headlines?
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2023
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My time at Algorand and Manta taught me how to navigate the startup world and solve real-world problems.
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Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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Upon the discovery of her body, the life of Haxby-Jones became a mystery to solve for the Allied Gardens community.
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Caleb Lunetta,
The Mercury News,
20 Dec. 2024
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