clears (up)

present tense third-person singular of clear (up)

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • The chancellor nods along as MrBeast – whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson – explains the ever-growing appeal of YouTube and the challenges of finding people to work on his videos.
    Chris Quintana, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Cuevas de Arom uses the vessels through the entire winemaking process, from fermentation through aging, which Mora explains provides a slower, more delicate evolution.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Proposition 411 clarifies the city manager’s role.
    Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The script never changed, Cregger clarifies.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Underscore those last three words — in the West — because the Grizzlies’ example illustrates a key truth about the difference between the East and West, one that possibly helps maintain the near-continuous chasm in strength between the two conferences.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Ultimately, Flatbike’s evolution illustrates how attentive problem-solving rooted in personal experience can yield solutions that are both practical and widely relevant.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The scene demonstrates Courtney’s capacious approach to metaphor.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The Sierra Club’s report demonstrates that state and federal desires to keep the coal industry afloat is reflected in local utility decision making.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • PageRank is more complicated than eigenvector centrality in part because links on the Internet are one-directional, whereas friendships in a social network are bidirectional, a symmetry that simplifies the math.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The upright positioning also simplifies maintenance by leaving walkable space between panel rows.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Clears (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clears%20%28up%29. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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