as in to solve (for)
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The companies that figure out how to orchestrate these cybernetic teams—where AI truly functions as a teammate rather than just a tool—will have a significant competitive advantage in the innovation economy.—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
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Further research, including experiments to figure out the timing and conditions under which the tomato plants evolved to this ancestral state, would help confirm what caused the reversion.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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But employers are still calculating employee withholdings, or how much federal income tax to deduct from an employee's paycheck, using the higher rates despite the law's passage in July.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Other factors — such as the size of the Medicare Part B premiums, which are typically deducted directly from benefit checks, and elected tax withholdings — will also affect monthly benefit payments.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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The technology has demonstrated promise at lab scale and could be scaled up for commercial production, according to the research team.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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At a time of a dramatic and abrupt scaling back of federal foreign aid, some say this simple practice is more important than ever.—
NPR,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
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The heels featured a tall, slim heel measuring 115mm.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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There are direct tritium beta decay experiments (like KATRIN) that are ongoing, seeking to measure the individual neutrino mass eigenstates (ν1, ν2, and ν3) directly.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Figure in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figure%20in. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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