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clarifies

verb

present tense third-person singular of clarify
1
as in filters
to remove usually visible impurities from clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits

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2
as in explains
to make plain or understandable it would help if you could clarify your position for us

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Recent Examples of clarifies Haddad clarifies that vinyl itself doesn’t rust, which means that any visible rust on the siding is coming from something else. — The Spruce, 20 Sep. 2026 The new guidance clarifies that the mandatory testing would initially apply to only male service members. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026 The new guidance clarifies that the mandatory testing initially would apply to only male service members. — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 The 2026 draft also clarifies that productivity bonuses may themselves be calculated by production, piece or unit. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026 This slows down premature certainty and speeds up better decisions once the picture clarifies. — Gilda D'incerti, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Le Phuez clarifies that both WBImages and the Film and Audiovisual Center of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation are responsible for supporting audiovisual production at the Communities in Belgium level. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 The gel texture lightly clarifies the scalp and volumizes the roots with the help of salicylic and glutamic acids. — Madison San Miguel, Allure, 5 Sep. 2026 As Rankine clarifies in Triage, the pain of this moment is not exclusive to Black Americans. — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clarifies
  1. filters
  2. explains
  3. refines
  4. illustrates
  5. extracts
  6. demonstrates
  7. clears
  8. cleans
Verb
  • Range Hood and Filter Range hood filters trap grease and dirt, preventing debris from entering the ductwork and creating a fire hazard.
    — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2026
  • If your home uses a septic system, wastewater flows into a tank and filters through soil.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of filters
Verb
  • The discovery explains why attempts in the past to develop hindbrain neurons from ectoderm stem cells failed – those cells had already been locked in as forebrain or midbrain neurons.
    — Mike McRae September 21, New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026
  • First runner-up was Italian director Paolo Strippoli’s The Spiral, in which a woman’s estranged mother shows up on her doorstep with a sinister story that explains an incident in their past.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of explains
Verb
  • The latest entry in its Galaxy Watch series, the Galaxy Watch 9, further refines the product into a strong competitor, with a bright and colorful Super AMOLED display, redesigned band for better breathability, and a new CPU.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026
  • There’s also capryloyl salicylic acid (LHA), a gentle exfoliating acid that refines rough texture as cell turnover begins to slow over time.
    — Emily Orofino, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of refines
Verb
  • Director Josef Kubota Wladyka illustrates the pluses and minuses of Haru’s potent imagination, resulting in a film that’s sexy, bittersweet and absurdist.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Honoring Nigo’s work and influence, the exhibition analyzes and illustrates the cultural fusions that have shaped his lifework through fashion, music, and design — from Japanese craft and streetwear to vintage Americana and contemporary luxury.
    — Footwear News, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of illustrates
Verb
  • IonQ attributes this feat to its dual decoder architecture, where the first decoder extracts the initial syndrome measurements while the second decoder corrects the residual errors after refining the intermediate representation.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • That web lasted about a decade before it was dismantled, piece by piece, in favor of one that extracts profits from similar interactions.
    — Betsy Blondin, Longreads, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of extracts
Verb
  • This summer’s strong box office demonstrates once again that Americans still love going to the movies.
    — Paul Gunsky, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Attaching both Adrian and Andy to this production, and supporting them with our state-of-the-art process, demonstrates Audible as being the home of cinematic audio storytelling.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of demonstrates
Verb
  • Murphy warned that once the backlog clears, Golden Week factory shutdowns will crater demand just as capacity freed by vessels returning to the faster Suez Canal routing on the back-haul flood the market.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Much of the piece is simply flaunting the access (detailed descriptions of the scene as the writer, Jeremy Stern, waits to talk to Mark, or his parents, his wife) and clears his throat.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of clears
Verb
  • The formula has a neutral pH that cleans hardwood floors and protects them from discoloration, too.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026
  • There’s a very quick interview about filmmaking (and concrete) with Sopranos star and Ridgewood regular Michael Imperioli, and a longer interview with a guy who cleans gum off sidewalks professionally.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of cleans

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“Clarifies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clarifies. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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