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 For example, if a model figures out a way to cheat to win a game, but the human running the training doesn’t spot the cheating, then the model will learn to cheat. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 And Ghidorah’s heads — which look, up close, like costume figures out of a Golden Dragon Dance — emit orange lightning volts that extend for half a mile. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026 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 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
  • Petal solves this using a single-body 96-amp repeater equipped with a specialized Fan-In/Fan-Out interface.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Ooni’s Volt 2, an electric countertop pizza oven, solves that problem, reaching commercial temperatures of up to 850 degrees Fahrenheit safely.
    — Derek Rose, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of solves
Verb
  • In games, Riley Park unravels a sinister mystery around the fictional children’s television show Amanda the Adventurer after discovering a mysterious video tape in their late aunt Kate’s attic.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Unless Smith gets hurt or the season unravels enough to prompt a quarterback change, Klubnik will likely spend his rookie year learning behind the veteran.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of unravels
Verb
  • But the press secretary also answers to the public, says former Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby.
    — Chandelis Duster, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Our sports team delivered tremendous coverage that answers that question and many more.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of answers
Verb
  • Marie Callender’s Chicken Pot Pies Another freezer classic, and another that comes with eight in a box, which works out to under $2 a pie.
    — Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The director had rather surprisingly bragged that the film features around 50 jump scares, which works out to around one every two minutes.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of works out
Verb
  • The subsequent settlement resolves the litigation without requiring a trial on damages or the remaining issues.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The need-to-know this morning Liquidia and United Therapeutics reached a settlement agreement that resolves their ongoing patent litigation over Liquidia’s treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
    — Elaine Chen, STAT, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of resolves

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