puzzle out
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One stumbling block: Rules that might once have offered guidance are gone, leaving individuals to puzzle out what’s appropriate for the workplace themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
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
Once they had the pseudorandom graph in place, they still had to puzzle out several pieces of math.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2024
He should have been thrilled with the invitation, but he faced a conflict, and thus was forced to puzzle out what to do.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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