as in resolving
to find an answer for through reasoning
it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle
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Recent Examples of solving
By solving the problem of high credit card APRs, a rate cap could very well end up hurting those it was intended to help.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
This makes solving the puzzle considerably more difficult.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 10 Jan. 2026
Duties include analyzing processes and solving issues, along with helping plan the department’s budgeting, workflows, systems and other operational projects.
—Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
And so, as a prelude to solving the Navier-Stokes problem, mathematicians have searched for blowups (also called singularities) in an assortment of simplified fluid equations, such as those that operate in only one dimension.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
Cobalt blue socks peeked out from The Row’s Stella slippers, adding contrast while solving the obvious cold-weather problem.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
Universal stars are well above the zero line, plus today’s inner collab of left and right brain working together could build powerful synergy in problem solving.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
But solving those problems requires serious, private negotiations, especially with an interested and deep-pocketed party.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Like Grace, who once struggled to find the right fit, her customers are solving the same problem—and the demand is reflected in the sales.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solving
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Some folks swear by the idea of kicking off the new year with better habits, resolving to change this and do that differently.—
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The Ravens organization still has a major problem in resolving this awful situation.—
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Officers responded to the couple’s home after several concerned friends and co-workers called police to report that Spencer Tepe, a local dentist, had not shown up for work and Monique Tepe was not answering the phone.—
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There were Miami heroics of receiver Malachi Toney turning a short pass into a 36-yard touchdown for the lead, and Mississippi’s answering heroics of quarterback Trinidad Chambliss throwing a 24-yard touchdown to retake the lead.—
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But tensions between the factions and the two Gulf nations appear to be unraveling the coalition, threatening to throw them into outright conflict and further tear apart the Arab world’s poorest country.—
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Mary Bronstein’s film stars Rose Byrne as a Long Island mom unraveling while dealing with her daughter’s mysterious stomach ailment.—
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“Solving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solving. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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