Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of using figures, especially in computation: as. close figuring.
- noun Figure; figuration; beauty of form.
- noun The adding of figures, as to a drawing.
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- verb Present participle of
figure .
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- noun problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
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Examples
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The good senator is a little late in figuring this out, don't you think?
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Nor can they demonstrate any ability to provide better service through innovation; the only remaining room left to innovate is in figuring out how to deny claims.
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An American Medical Association panel may drive up Medicare costs, report Anna Wilde Mathews and Tom McGinty: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which oversee Medicare, typically follow at least 90% of its recommendations in figuring out how much to pay doctors for their work.
Wonkbook: What matters for jobs; the Tea Parties vs. the appropriators; would more stimulus have saved the Dems? Ezra Klein 2010
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Investigators appear to be back at square one in figuring out who that is.
In Global Hunt for Hit Men, Tantalizing Trail Goes Cold Chip Cummins 2010
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which oversee Medicare, typically follow at least 90% of its recommendations in figuring out how much to pay doctors for their work.
Physician Panel Prescribes the Fees Paid by Medicare Anna Wilde Mathews 2010
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If short-term debt costs less than long-term, is it not reasonable to think of the mix as a sort of leverage that might reasonably be considered in figuring out where to go?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Greenspan’s ‘The Crisis’ and Modigliani and Miller 2010
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For whatever reason, there seems to be quite a bit of interest out there in figuring out what happens to birds after they die.
Where do dead birds go? — Part 16 AYDIN 2009
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For whatever reason, there seems to be quite a bit of interest out there in figuring out what happens to birds after they die.
Archive 2009-07-01 AYDIN 2009
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My thinking here is that the ‘wording’ of the law would be of paramount importance in figuring out whether or not a commerce clause issue could be legitimately invoked by opponents of HCR (not that such challenge would necessarily go in favor of opponents of HCR even if it was legitimately heard).
The Volokh Conspiracy » What Will Courts Do with the Individual Mandate? 2010
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David L. Altshuler, deputy director of the Broad Institute of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a co-chairman of the 1000 Genomes Project steering committee, said a large catalog is a critical tool in figuring out which genetic differences might increase risk of disease.
Most Human Gene Variations Identified, Scientists Report Amy Dockser Marcus 2010
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