puzzle out
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He likens what the group is doing to “building a puzzle out of thousands of other puzzles, gluing it together to make a new thing.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
This is difficult to puzzle out because, as mentioned, dark matter does not interact with light and it does not seem to decay over time — but it does have gravity.
From Salon • Dec. 26, 2024
But Maitlis says she spent years "trying to puzzle out" what the words meant.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024
Gasque expressed appreciation for the input from people who study the middle ionosphere, or mesosphere, and the stratosphere, whose ideas helped her puzzle out the solution.
From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2023
After the nurse left, I tried to puzzle out this new move on Doctor Nolan's part.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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