come up with
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"I just thought: 'We've got to come up with a solution. We have to.' So now it's just become this mission."
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
While the team is using AI to try to improve and speed up its efforts, Zander said it was human scientists who had come up with the idea of changing materials.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Despite 250 years of trying, no one has been able to come up with a better one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
RAND: The primary reason the model is effective is its ability to come up with lots of relevant facts and evidence, and then explain it in a clear, easily understandable way.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Molly swallowed hard as she tried to come up with a way to say she had changed her mind, that some things were best left forgotten.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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