Thesaurus results for FIGURE IN

figure in

verb

Definition of figure in

as in to solve (for)

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When kitchen burnout hits, figuring out what to make for dinner every day can feel like an impossible task.

— Rebecca Boone, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Members of Danbury Unites for Immigrants were also trying to figure out the man’s condition.

— Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of figure out

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That’s after excluding wealth from the top 1% of households, subtracting debts and other liabilities, and deducting retirement spending, charitable donations, taxes, and fees.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Selberg will retain the same health insurance coverage for a year and Collierville will deduct from his severance payments.

— Corey Davis, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of deduct

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The scientists now plan to collaborate with cement industry stakeholders to determine if the technology can be scaled for mass production.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
As set out in a recent regulatory filing, DraftKings has agreed to pay up to $30 million in a marketing agreement with media platform HardScope, Kalish’s newest endeavor to help scale creator brands.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of scale

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The minimum safe thickness is a threshold that measures a tank’s ability to contain the pressure of the liquid and support the tank’s weight, the report said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
These supernovas were used as a kind of cosmological measuring stick to uncover a mysterious force called dark energy that was causing the universe to expand — a discovery that earned the Nobel Prize in 2011.

— Joe Palca, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026

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