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as in thorough
including many small descriptive features
a detailed report on all the activities that their Scout troop had been involved in over the past year
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as in intricate
made or done with great care or with much detail
a detailed miniature of the royal palace
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as in nominated
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
the new assistant was detailed to accompany the boss on the business trip
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as in listed
to specify one after another
detailed all of the reasons that the plan was a bad idea
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Recent Examples of detailed
Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Our analysis takes into account a comprehensive comparison of the company’s current valuation against its historical financial condition and performance over recent years, as detailed in the sections below.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
In a recent cri de coeur, Megan Fritts, a philosophy professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, detailed how her own institution has not articulated clear, campus-wide guidance on AI use.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Prior to the actual surgery, detailed imaging was completed, which included MRI, fluoroscopy and endoscopy so doctors knew what each twin's anatomy looked like.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Our analysis takes into account a comprehensive comparison of the company’s current valuation against its historical financial condition and performance over recent years, as detailed in the sections below.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
Buyers of the game's deluxe edition, which is detailed at length below, will be able to access it 48 hours early, on September 23, 2025.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
In a recent cri de coeur, Megan Fritts, a philosophy professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, detailed how her own institution has not articulated clear, campus-wide guidance on AI use.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for detailed
Adjective
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They are not structured to provide thorough investigations for all breaches or supply chain attacks.—
Austin Berglas,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Skin category winners are probably the most difficult to choose and definitely the most hotly debated, but after months of thorough testing (and retesting), in the end, our editors came to a consensus on which cleansers, creams, peels, and spot treatments offer the most impressive results.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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His love of American design codes, such as the white T-shirt and sport jerseys, is evident in his manipulation of the garment to become a skirt or in creating an intricate patchwork tank-style dress.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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In living tissue, light scattering is common, signal contrast is often low, and reconstructing intricate features across a large volume presents a significant computational challenge.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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But the commissioners appointed to oversee the Coliseum on behalf of the city and county appeared to lean away from that option during Friday’s discussion.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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In 2024, Matteo Sgarbossa was appointed chief executive officer of Balmain and introduced as the co-author to continue Pierre Balmain’s legacy.—
Cassell Ferere,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Slow Horses has been nominated for 14 Emmys since 2024, snagging the Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series trophy that year.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Edebiri won Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2023 and was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in 2024, the same year that The Bear broke records with 23 nominations as a comedy series (NBC’s 30 Rock previously held the title with 22 nominations in 2009).—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Both the governor and the secretary listed a combination of lower market prices for farm products plus rising fertilizer, machinery and labor costs as a severe squeeze on the farm economy.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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The runners will be listed by post position with trainer, jockey, and morning line provided.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Here is a look at the full card.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Coach Justin Wilcox has guided the Golden Bears to bowl games in four of his seven full seasons at Berkeley.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Everything about Baldwin’s style is too much; often one feels, in his diction, his elaborate, Jamesian syntactical structures, his sudden shifts of tone, that if the English language has a volume dial that goes up to ten, Baldwin is hot-wiring a go-around to push it to eleven or twelve.—
Garth Greenwell,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Baker became a longtime collaborator, with Balmain designing elaborate, symbolic and glamorous ensembles for her film and stage performances.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
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In 2023, Teixeira posted on X touting an Education Savings Account proposal in the Texas legislature.—
Taylor Millard,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Mohammed Abu Salmiya, the director of Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital, posted an image of six premature babies crammed inside a single incubator, and warned of imminent danger to their lives.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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