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plural of detail
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as in detachments
a small military unit with a special task or function the officer sent out a detail to patrol the perimeter of the compound

Synonyms & Similar Words

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details

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verb

present tense third-person singular of detail

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of details
Noun
Some of these details were first reported by the New York Times. — Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026 Subtlety and functionality are key, also in areas where others might have emphasized more architectural details. — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2026 So many laugh-out-loud lines, wonderfully absurd and specific character details, and an all-too-brief but delightful Brunson as a choreographer with frosted tips. — Rima Parikh, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2026 City officials said those payments were part of the terms of his resignation but that the specific details were not public records. — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026 Police gave no details as to the nationality of those arrested. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 Further details surrounding Stribling’s death, including an exact date and cause of death, have not been shared publicly. — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026 But, when Dovner questioned him lightly about the details, the man’s infectious laughter made Gleb even more convinced that such trifles were hardly worth mentioning at all. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026 Officials did not immediately provide additional details about when the park would fully reopen. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
The report details necropsy and microscopic tissue examinations of two female belugas, 23-year-old Peekachu and 20-year-old Rain, who arrived in Chicago last month from the defunct Marineland park in Canada. — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 Ahead, Bélanger details Reinhart’s transformation, how hair furthers the stories of both her character and costar Tom Bateman’s, and gives us a glimpse of the happenings behind the scenes. — Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 23 Sep. 2026 There are some 500,000 words and phrases in the Oxford English Dictionary, which details the history of words, some of which go back to the 11th century. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 His memoir, released Tuesday, details his early life fleeing Vietnam with his father, time in refugee camps, his life as a child actor and his triumphant return to the screen. — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026 Kim is a co-author of the study, published 17 September in Science, which details Mount Mantap’s ongoing seismic activity. — Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026 The lawsuit details a series of allegations dating back to April 2025, shortly after Hoskins appointed La Strada, a Republican and former Pettis County Clerk, to the office. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026 The report also details cases on research into orthopoxviruses – a group that includes variola, which causes smallpox, and mpox – as well as venom toxins. — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 The article details other instances of similar editorial calls, including TMZ‘s catch-and-kill of a video showing Justin Bieber using a racial slur — for which Levin reportedly paid $80,000 before shelving it. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for details
Noun
  • The rear doors of two were open, and large black items could be seen scattered around.
    — Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The rear doors of two of the vans were open and large black items could be seen scattered around.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Address the facts, acknowledge what is valid, correct what is wrong and show what comes next.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • For a young artist, being chosen can alter the material facts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • His career spanned roles as Naval Security Group detachments in Japan and San Diego.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
  • Additional police resources were deployed to the area from neighboring detachments, along with the North District Emergency Response Team.
    — Alexandra Koch , Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Nussbaum and her colleagues began passing out leaflets at Boston subway and bus stops to women heading to their jobs at downtown office buildings.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The jobs nobody wants The job of deciding whether a Florida family can buy groceries this month or keep its health coverage falls to DCF’s frontline caseworkers, known as economic self-sufficiency specialists.
    — Sharmila Venkatasubban, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Dubbed the Velvet Gang, the trio snatches the overpriced, often monochromatic fashion threads designed by Christie Smith (Demi Moore, in a performance of comedic genius), a pretentious piece of work who stations herself in a leaning building (wink, win to San Francisco there).
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
  • Instead, Boston stations him away from the basketball, the keeper of the weak side, free to flick away passes, kill screening actions with switches and, somehow, block shots.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The simple website contains a page that names the seven defendants in Jane Doe’s suit and contains blank boxes that indicate that photos of them will be uploaded —and potentially pages for the men who are facing accusations.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Design for delegation from the start, so that when one identity acts on behalf of another, the chain travels with the request and the action that finally lands on your data still names the agent, the tool and the human who set it in motion.
    — Krishnaveni Palanivelu, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The company also lists the DF150 for operation across its full specified temperature range without performance degradation.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The company currently lists a maximum airspeed of 190 mph and a maximum flying range of 450 miles.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Things are just a little less sinister in the song’s lyrics than in the way things play out on screen.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
  • As Che notes, the crowd is not fully on board, at least not as things get underway.
    — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2026

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“Details.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/details. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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