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The phrase "an figure" is not correct in written English.
The correct article to use before "figure" is "a" because "figure" begins with a consonant sound.
Example: "I saw a figure in the distance that looked familiar."
Alternatives: "a number" or "a shape".
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Kopper, 37, was an figure in the company's global-finance unit who became a close aide to Enron ex-Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow.
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Or a figure, an eminence.
A figure, a man, head down.
She is primarily a figure and a landscape painter.
Such a figure is called a spheroid.
"He's a figure".
And with a figure.
A figure is expected early this year.
So Dario was a figure.
"He really cut a figure.
A figure below 50 usually indicated contraction.
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