How to Use answer for (someone) in a Sentence

answer for (someone)

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  • On the debate stage Tuesday, Walz struggled to answer for embellishing his resume again, this time about his time in China.
    — Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Experts have been confidently and incorrectly predicting the answer for years.
    — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
  • The easy answer for this, as I was taught, used to be May 15.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2024
  • There’s lots to worry about but the, the answer for me is very clear.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The Horners still don’t have an answer for how Mike died.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Let your instincts guide you to the right answer for you.
    — Lian Brooks, Glamour, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Now, that’s not to say that the SM58 is the answer for everything.
    — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 30 May 2024
  • Chew will be pressed to answer for the role TikTok played in those tragedies, the aides said.
    — Anna Edgerton and Alex Barinka Bloomberg News (tns), al, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The answer for many, or even most, investors is to hang on.
    — The Motley Fool, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
  • The Crimson Tide gave up five sacks and seemed to have no answer for the Bulls pass rush.
    — Matt Stahl | Mstahl@al.com, al, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The Lakers had no answer for De’Aaron Fox, who had his way with 44 points.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • This salmon is your answer for a quick-and-easy, weeknight meal.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Which brings us to something Bing didn’t want to give an answer for...
    — Dina Bass, Bloomberg.com, 8 Feb. 2023
  • That's the question the BabySeq study has been trying to answer for a decade.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • As a result, there is no one-size-fits-all answer for when to spay or neuter your dog.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2024
  • And, if this version of events were true, then Dave Sharma would have a great deal to answer for.
    — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Li said no one has given him an answer for why Mr. Biden has not met with them.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2023
  • There is, of course, no data that could attempt an answer for that.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
  • What’s the answer for stopping a player who has logged at least 100 points in seven of the past eight seasons?
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
  • Phil Knight can’t be expected to answer for all things.
    — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 24 July 2023
  • McDaniel hasn’t found an answer for that, so, yes, that’s coaching.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • There is no one-size-fits-all answer for how to cope with a disappearance.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 30 July 2024
  • Not even the Weeknd really seems to have an answer for what celebrity is, what makes someone a star.
    — Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 30 June 2023
  • The short answer for how Ben’s survived those troubled years, Ali says, is goodwill.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Next comes a question the Cowboys must answer for themselves.
    — Dallas News, 5 Feb. 2023
  • An answer for a growing number of Black people to this issue is to grow their own fare.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 6 July 2024
  • Justin Fields once again didn’t resemble the long-term answer for the Bears at quarterback.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The Enquirer's Just Askin' series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 9 May 2024
  • The Enquirer's Just Askin' series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The Enquirer's Just Askin' series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google.
    — Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 19 May 2024

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