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
But City Attorney Sonia Carvalho clarified that the city has no authority to stop ICE agents from entering or operating within its boundaries or to force federal agents to leave.
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Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
In a recent interview with GQ Hype, Spector clarified his comment, asserting that while calling himself a bottom was a joke, the meaning behind his statement applies.
—Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 18 June 2025
At a minimum, courts and politicians should pressure government agents to disclose their identities during raids and detentions, and to clarify where their authority begins and ends.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
Use these prompts to clarify thinking, then test insights through actual leadership situations.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
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Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
In a recent interview with GQ Hype, Spector clarified his comment, asserting that while calling himself a bottom was a joke, the meaning behind his statement applies.
—Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 18 June 2025
At a minimum, courts and politicians should pressure government agents to disclose their identities during raids and detentions, and to clarify where their authority begins and ends.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
Use these prompts to clarify thinking, then test insights through actual leadership situations.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clarify
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For example, an expert may assess whether job candidates from HBCUs are being filtered out of the talent pool.—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Mocktails, juices, a self-serve soda station, specialty coffees, and filtered water stations round out the options.—
Paul Rubio,
AFAR Media,
23 June 2025
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Lee explains his perspective, as a sportswriter and as a fan, that teams and leagues are taking advantage of supporters.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
19 June 2025
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Bochy explained his mentality amid the Rangers’ struggles at the plate.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 June 2025
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While home renovation isn’t a novel concept—people have been tweaking and refining their spaces for centuries—the physical act of remodeling is growing increasingly more nuanced.—
Rachel Gallaher,
Robb Report,
21 June 2025
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All the delays gave Spielberg and his writers (especially Gottlieb) extra time to refine the script, often just prior to filming the scenes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 June 2025
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Anyway, this serves to illustrate how, at the helm, Murati had to address Musk’s input.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Brooks illustrates this principle by pointing to hospital delivery robots designed to transport dirty dishes and linens.—
Gabriel Snyder,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Once extracted, researchers began to compare the genetic material discovered to previous samples.—
Nick Butler,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2025
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In November 2022, President Joe Biden issued a license to allow the oil company Chevron to evade sanctions in order to extract oil in Venezuela.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2025
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The rift between Carlson and Cruz demonstrates that even among President Trump’s biggest supporters, there’s been considerable debate about how the U.S. should deal with the powder keg situation that escalated Friday when Israel launched airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear and military facilities.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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Made up of students Rohan Jha, Rohan Jain, Audrey Cheng and Michael Antipov, the team demonstrated their knowledge in areas like earning income, spending, saving, managing credit, investing and managing risk, a news release from Frerichs’ office said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2025
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In 2021, the Federal Election Commission fined the campaign committee of Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), where Buchanan was serving as treasurer, for failing to properly disclose campaign contributions.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
24 June 2025
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Way back in 2018, the EU fined Google for using its Android operating system market share to stymie rivals by giving its own apps unfair advantage through pre-installation deals with mobile handset makers.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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Earlier this month he was medically cleared to resume exercising and driving again.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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On June 13, Mr. Trump cleared the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel.—
Paula Cohen,
CBS News,
18 June 2025
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“Clarify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clarify. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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