figures out

verb

present tense third-person singular of figure out
as in solves
to find an answer for through reasoning a book of brainteasers that even a really clever person won't have an easy time figuring out

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Recent Examples of figures out Those things matter, but great corporate videography starts earlier, in the pre-phase, the exploratory phase, when the production team figures out what the client is really trying to accomplish. — Tavares Beverly, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Deborah arrives for her freshman year at her parents' HBCU alma mater and figures out how to escape their shadow while also building her own legacy. — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026 Some 1,270 counties lost residents in the year to July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau figures out Thursday. — Augusta Saraiva, Bloomberg, 26 Mar. 2026 One of Wood’s favorite bits is his character’s reaction when Grace figures out a way to turn the game to her favor. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026 That could come as the economy figures out what to do with all the labor that software has eaten. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026 With this approach, rather than just having police respond to an issue, the department figures out a way to try and resolve it. — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2025 And there are equally dangerous, thuggish government figures out there up to no good as well. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for figures out
  1. solves
  2. unravels
  3. answers
  4. works out
  5. resolves
Verb
  • Speeding up experimental work This assembly line setup solves a major engineering limitation in fusion research.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In her detective series, under the pen name Amanda Cross, an English professor solves murders whose motives include bad psychoanalysis, student riots, and biographers who know too much for their own good.
    — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of solves
Verb
  • As her mother unravels, Maya uncovers a pattern of silence and exploitation that leads her to confront her father’s deception and her family’s complicity.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Interrupted by power outages, a relentlessly barking dog and the unexpected arrival of a celebrated composer, the conversation steadily unravels.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of unravels
Verb
  • In India, Jaggi Vasudev, also known as Sadhguru, has launched his Miracle of the Mind app with an interactive AI feature that answers questions using a database of his teachings.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This week’s Pollwatcher answers a reader’s question about how polls select respondents and highlights how partisans in one state have flipped on a Democratic senator.
    — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of answers
Verb
  • Steel Magnolias was also adapted from a play of the same name about the lives of a group of six women in a small Louisiana town, with Parton playing the role of a Truvy Jones, a hairdresser who works out of her home salon.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Led by Inspector Ӧnem, the team (which works out of a basement) deals with honor killings, suicides, and exploitation.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of works out
Verb
  • An output stage resolves any conflicts between separate commands, enforces strict equipment safety boundaries, and routes the signals directly to the reactor.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The agreement resolves a lawsuit filed in 2020 that alleged Walmart repeatedly violated the federal Controlled Substances Act by unlawfully dispensing opioid prescriptions at pharmacies across the country.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of resolves

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