Thesaurus results for PUZZLING (OUT)

puzzling (out)

verb

Definition of puzzling (out)

present participle of puzzle (out)

as in solving

to find an answer for through reasoning I was able to puzzle out the riddle in a fairly short time

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Besides transporting me back to ancient China, solving this problem took me back to my own roots as a mathematician.

— Dana Mackenzie, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
The experiment shows that small models are becoming increasingly capable at solving those problems autonomously.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of solving

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Starring Zhang Yi, Ma Li, and Chen Minghao alongside Karry Wang, Fan Chengcheng, and Chen Feiyu, the multi-decade narrative charts a veteran public security officer unraveling major historical cases based on real events.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Shortly after, Iran attacked commercial vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz, unraveling the precarious cease-fire the country had struck with the United States three months earlier.

— Narges Bajoghli, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of unraveling

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Kansas’ junior Republican senator spent roughly 30 minutes answering questions from a Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce moderator.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
The harder question is one the West has been quietly answering the same way for three hundred years, and the answer sits at the heart of the Enlightenment.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of answering

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Michael is also in charge of interfacing with frontier AI labs and figuring out long-term coordination on AI across the government.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
While the Florida Panthers received relatively good news about the injuries to Aleksander Barkov and Brad Marchand — Barkov out six to eight weeks, Marchand six weeks — the team still is tasked with figuring out how to replace their star forwards.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of figuring out

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Yen is now writing a fresh draft and working out the film’s visual style.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
In a recent Instagram post, the 61-year-old supermodel shared her gym routine with her many followers, and shared working out has helped her in more ways than one.

— Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

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