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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Does "Figured another way" mean "If we express this in another way"?

Context:
Air Pollution Linked to 1.2 Million Premature Deaths in China

BEIJING — Outdoor air pollution contributed to 1.2 million premature
deaths in China in 2010, nearly 40 percent of the global total, according to
a new summary of data from a scientific study on leading causes of death
worldwide.

Figured another way, the researchers said, China’s toll from pollution was
the loss of 25 million healthy years of life from the population.
  

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NL888 Figured another way, the researchers said, China’s toll from pollution was the loss of 25 million healthy years of life from the population. I think it means something like... presented in another way/calculated in a different way/predented in different numbers

  • NL888 Figured another way, the researchers said, China’s toll from pollution was the loss of 25 million healthy years of life from the population.
  • I think it means something like...
  • presented in another way/calculated in a different way/predented in different numbers
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NL888Figured another way, the researchers said, China’s toll from pollution was the loss of 25 million healthy years of life from the population.
I think it means something like... presented in another way/calculated in a different way/predented in different numbers

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