puzzle
noun
a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
are puzzling
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present progressiveof puzzle.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Officials are puzzling over possible explanations, each with different implications for where to set rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Across the country, veterinarians and researchers are puzzling over the question of how long these dogs live and why they die the way they do.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2023
Even in these simplified situations, we are puzzling our way through some confusing issues.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 31, 2022
The outsized aggregate losses in October are puzzling, however, given the veneer of calm in most currencies, where implied volatility and spot exchange rates barely budged.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2021
We are puzzling over how to do it.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
