Example Sentences

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With Ebola, Moore said, both single- and two-dose vaccines exist and experts have been figuring out how best to deploy them both in and around outbreaks, depending on the availability of supplies.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2020

Along the way, as he has before, he weaves in stories of the astonishing characters who have been figuring humans out.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2019

Recently, scientists have been figuring out how to take advantage of these nanoparticles in energy-efficient displays and highly efficient solar cells.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2015

“I explained to him that there’s girls like me, who have curly hair, who have been figuring out this their whole life,” Ms. Webb said.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2015

They should have been figuring out a plan.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor