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The tech giants spending billions of dollars on them say the water part, at least, is solvable.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
“The insolvency date is an entirely solvable problem,” Martin O’Malley, who served as Social Security commissioner under the Biden administration, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
These barriers are all solvable with policies and programs that help support immigrants and refugees in re-entering the workforce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
If Holmes’ constant appeal is an easily solvable case, then countenancing the possibility that there may be much more to his life than what Doyle shared isn’t impossible either.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025
“This is a completely solvable problem,” I heard him say to himself.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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