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
"It was a pleasure to puzzle out the findings of the study together by uniting the team's expertise in data analysis and cell biology," said Tobias Gerber, another of the study's lead authors.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2024
The leader of the secretive state has never actually revealed his birthday, leaving North Korea watchers to puzzle out when it actually takes place.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2024
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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