Example Sentences

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A key challenge has been figuring out exactly how fast this information disappears.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

Like most everything Paper Plant-related, Niimura has been figuring it out on the fly.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025

According to Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office, “the main issue has been figuring out how much the operators owe in fines.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022

For Mr. Farooki, the director of “Saturday Afternoon,” the most difficult part of the three-year struggle to release the film to audiences in Bangladesh has been figuring out exactly what about it is objectionable.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2022

Our readers are familiar with the agrarian troubles in which Donald Morrison has been figuring for some time past.

From The Hunted Outlaw or, Donald Morrison, the Canadian Rob Roy by Anonymous