figuring out
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“It’s not clear the president understands the technology. He may just be figuring out what all of this means.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"For a lot of things there's no need to use AI…but for figuring out that six pixels in the distance are an airplane versus some other smudge, it is perfect territory," says Norcia.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
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- getting the hang of
- piecing it together
- making sense of
- connecting the dots
- cracking the code
Possible Antonyms
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- leaving it a mystery
- not even trying
- giving up on
- staying clueless