1
as in to filter
to remove usually visible impurities from
clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits
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2
as in to explain
to make plain or understandable
it would help if you could clarify your position for us
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Recent Examples of clarify
The Ministry clarified that physical tourist cards will no longer be issued at Cuban consulates.
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Maykel Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
Police later clarified that the suspect was male and was accompanying the woman, who did not face charges.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2025
The company clarified that prices for parties of five or more will have an additional upcharge.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Earlier this week, Al Hilal’s CEO Esteve Calzada clarified that Inzaghi had not signed before Inter played Paris Saint-Germain in Munich.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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Maykel Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
Police later clarified that the suspect was male and was accompanying the woman, who did not face charges.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2025
The company clarified that prices for parties of five or more will have an additional upcharge.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Earlier this week, Al Hilal’s CEO Esteve Calzada clarified that Inzaghi had not signed before Inter played Paris Saint-Germain in Munich.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clarify
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Then, just a few days before the first batch of players were due to report for pre-season training, the first reports started to filter through that something terrible had happened, more than 1,000 miles away, in the middle of the night.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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Lessons from the Ukrainian battlefields have even filtered down into their training.—
James Brooks,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
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This uptick helps explain why monthly sales of the pouches more than tripled between 2021 and 2024, even as usage in adults remains low—under 3% report ever popping one in, though that number is higher among folks who currently smoke (11%) or once did (7%).—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
1 July 2025
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This sterile male technique, previously explained to Newsweek by Texas A&M Professor Phillip Kaufman, works because female screwworm flies mate only once—flooding areas with sterile males prevents successful reproduction.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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The company opened its Miami Innovation Hub in 2023 as a regional center for education, research and development, enabling brands across the Americas to create and refine sustainable wash recipes and laser designs—processes that can then be replicated in manufacturing facilities globally.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
1 July 2025
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Glen Grant debuts a 30-year-old single malt — a rich, refined standout in its Glasshouse Collection and a testament to three decades of masterful aging.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The three friends who wrote and illustrated the story felt that those three stages were the perfect way to justify the collaboration.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
8 July 2025
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Recursion's financial results presently illustrate the conventional hurdles encountered by clinical-stage biotechnology enterprises.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Also featured are Alta Resource Technologies, using computational biochemistry to extract critical minerals like neodymium and gallium from e-waste, and Tidal Metals, which is pioneering magnesium extraction from seawater through a novel vapor adsorption system.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Their mission is to extract DNA from the three most colossal dinosaurs of land, sea, and sky in order to engineer a life-saving drug for a pharmaceutical company.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
30 June 2025
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Huge crowds and great joy demonstrated how proud South Florida is of its hockey team.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 June 2025
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Others demonstrated against the treatment of migrants.—
Michelle Stoddart,
ABC News,
30 June 2025
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Bouchard found Bader guilty and fined him $100 for each littering charge, short of the $150 max for a minor misdemeanor in Ohio, along with court costs that should add up to roughly $700 total.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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The company was fined $1 million, given five years of probation and required to develop a wildlife compliance plan.—
Kylie Williams,
Miami Herald,
29 June 2025
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Senate Republicans can only lose three members and still clear the package, assuming full attendance and united Democratic opposition.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
30 June 2025
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In February, it was cleared to enter Phase II to study the drug’s efficacy and side effects—this is typically the second most difficult phase where only 33% of drugs make it through.—
Will Yakowicz,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“Clarify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clarify. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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