Example Sentences

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“I love encountering a play for the first time and not being able to Google-Image-search how other people have solved it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Scientists have solved a 100-year-old mystery, on air particles.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

In many ways, the Israelis have solved the problem of below-replacement fertility rates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

A theoretical astrophysicist from the University of Kansas may have solved a nearly two-decade-old mystery over the origins of an unusual "zebra" pattern seen in high-frequency radio pulses from the Crab Nebula.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024

“Otis never would have solved that one as fast as you did. But then again, Otis always said he was allergic to numbers.”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman