How native speakers pronounce “figured”

but probably no more expensive than a middle-of-the-night locksmith, so I figured, under the circumstances, I was coming out even. Now, I'm a neuroscientist by training

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

if it's anybody's fault, it's the fault of scientists like me. We haven't figured out the underlying mechanisms well enough. But GlaxoSmithKline estimates

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

set out with her colleagues to do something about it, and they figured it would take 53 million clams to restore health,

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

Like I was about to reveal to her that my parents were secretly separated, and she just figured it out. You know, now that I think about it, I bet her mom put her up to this.

Your Relationship Expectations Could Be Holding You Back | Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile | TED · TED

life on Earth was mostly single-celled until bacteria figured out a new trick, photosynthesis, which makes oxygen.

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

And the agent replied, I'm not kidding you, "The mad lad figured it out on its own." (Laughter)

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

Imagine putting an agent into a meeting. Not for notes, we figured that out. A bidirectional model that can listen and hear at the same time.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

probably failed more in this five years than in my first 30, but I don't have it figured out. I think that's the fun part.

Your Zip Code Shouldn’t Determine Your Lifespan | Dion Dawson | TED · TED

I have another company I'm associated with which has figured out a way, allegedly, it's a startup, to reduce the cost of stage-3 trials by an order of magnitude.

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

Coffee is 98.8 percent water. So I figured I should go and thank the people at the New York reservoir, hundreds of them, who provide me water,

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

It is a revolutionary thing to do with your time. The other day, I figured out that if you spend three hours a day on your phone

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

and those were usually just my Facebook friends, and I figured my article in the New York Times would probably get a few thousand views.

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

In principle, it should be possible if one could get the rest of the rules figured out. It's obviously complicated.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

for them to find a poet or a poem that they connect to. Once you've figured this out, it is tempting to keep writing the same poem,

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

or keep telling the same story, over and over, once you've figured out that it will gain you applause. It's not enough to just teach that you can express yourself.

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

I wondered whether I'd get to the end of this talk and finally have figured it all out, or not. And I always thought that my beginning was at the Bowery Poetry Club,

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

to want to share what they've learned, what they've figured out to be true and what they're still figuring out.

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

And yet, for someone who's apparently done this already, I still haven't figured anything out yet. My knees still buckle every time I get on a stage.

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

See, I knew I was young. But I figured, it couldn't hurt to start planning for something so big, so early.

Black life at the intersection of birth and death | Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

less intelligent or less driven figured this out? Chances are, the answer is "Yes."

Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | Tim Ferriss | TED · TED

People could get tuberculosis from milk. They figured out this thing for urban cattle where they couldn't feed them grass

Steven Johnson: How humanity doubled life expectancy in a century | TED · TED

when they’re dead or extracted, like a tree. But we have not figured out how to create economic systems that value life. We talk about ecosystem services, about carbon sinks.

Your Inner Fire Is Your Greatest Strength | Xiye Bastida | TED · TED

A group of researchers in University of Michigan have figured out a way to translate that line of sentence into 3D room layout, like shown here.

With Spatial Intelligence, AI Will Understand the Real World | Fei-Fei Li | TED · TED

the first of many times, which, it figured out in this game called Breakout, that you could send the ball round the back of the wall,

How AI Is Unlocking the Secrets of Nature and the Universe | Demis Hassabis | TED · TED

"Gee, other people seem to have lives that have it all figured out and perfect lives." It is so helpful to know

The Secret to a Happy Life — Lessons from 8 Decades of Research | Robert Waldinger | TED · TED

and they weren't turning into second dates. I figured that I couldn't be the least dateable person in New York City, but I had to admit that there was some room for improvement.

How to Unlock Your Flirting Superpowers | Francesca Hogi | TED · TED

TEDsters do have fun working. And they work hard. I figured, they're not workaholics. They're workafrolics. (Laughter)

Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes | Richard St. John