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as in filters
to remove usually visible impurities from
clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits
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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
Uncertainty has also been reduced by the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill in July, which clarifies questions around tax policy and provides incentives for corporations to invest while also boosting their free cash flow generation in many cases.
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Jeffrey Schulze, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The website clarifies that Kith Ivy will host an Erewhon Tonic Bar (sorry, not the full grocery store) for members.
—Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Dialogue mode clarifies voices and pronunciation, keeping conversations crisp even in action-heavy scenes.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
The amendment clarifies that if a president dies, resigns, or is removed, the vice president immediately assumes the presidency.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Macon Blair clarifies the talk around a more risqué scene that leaked online.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The moral imperative behind parental choice also clarifies why ESA programs have been so popular in neighborhoods with great public schools.
—Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
The ordinance also clarifies that a driver’s license is required to operate e-bikes, and states that class of vehicle is not intended for roads and sidewalks.
—Alan Kozeluh, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The new proposal clarifies that the secretary would not expel organizations for exercising their First Amendment rights.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
Jeffrey Schulze, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The website clarifies that Kith Ivy will host an Erewhon Tonic Bar (sorry, not the full grocery store) for members.
—Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Dialogue mode clarifies voices and pronunciation, keeping conversations crisp even in action-heavy scenes.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
The amendment clarifies that if a president dies, resigns, or is removed, the vice president immediately assumes the presidency.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Macon Blair clarifies the talk around a more risqué scene that leaked online.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The moral imperative behind parental choice also clarifies why ESA programs have been so popular in neighborhoods with great public schools.
—Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
The ordinance also clarifies that a driver’s license is required to operate e-bikes, and states that class of vehicle is not intended for roads and sidewalks.
—Alan Kozeluh, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The new proposal clarifies that the secretary would not expel organizations for exercising their First Amendment rights.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clarifies
Verb
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Earth’s atmosphere filters out shorter wavelengths like blue and violet, refracting the longer red and orange wavelengths toward the moon.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Instead of going dark, some sunlight still reaches the moon, glowing red because Earth’s atmosphere bends and filters the sunlight.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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In the sketch, Bargatze plays George Washington and explains the confusing nature of modern-day America.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Whereas previous metal pollution records extracted their silt, or evidence from areas far from their sources— upland peat cores or mountain and polar glaciers, Cambridge specifies –the most recent data comes from the epicenter of production, a paleochannel of the River Ure, Cambridge explains.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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Its software scours data from thousands of different plants, looking for chemicals that might be useful for new treatments, which the company then refines and tests.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Since the 2021 release of the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro flagship smartphones, Hasselblad has provided OnePlus (and its parent firm Oppo) with its digital imaging technology, which refines and improves the images taken on its smartphones' cameras.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Brazil illustrates both the promise and the tension.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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That illustrates the value of your personal information in the wrong hands.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The vacuum has a fluffy optic cleaner head that not only cleans but also polishes hard floors.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
3 Sep. 2025
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As Lorne Michaels cleans house following the milestone 50th season of Saturday Night Live, one cast alum is shocked at mass exodus.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The technical implementation demonstrates how PostgreSQL’s extensibility addresses enterprise requirements for both document flexibility and relational consistency.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Focus on scientific breakthroughs While K2 Think demonstrates performance on par with OpenAI, the system's developers say the aim is not to build a chatbot like ChatGPT.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Literally seconds later… the fog clears and the army rolls in to save the day.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The London market clears an average 20 million ounces in daily trade, according to the WGC — but the trade body's outlook for digital gold goes even further.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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On the plus side, Silksong never extracts the ultimate punishment by sending you all the way back to the start of the game.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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Pour-over coffee maker Pour-over coffee makers, usually cones that sit atop cups or carafes à la Chemex, utilize a precise pouring technique (ideally from a gooseneck kettle) that blooms the grounds and extracts the best flavors as the coffee drips into the vessel below.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Clarifies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clarifies. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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