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disserting

verb

present participle of dissert

as in expounding

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During the prime years of her career, while widely acknowledged as an exceptional Schubert singer with impeccable German diction, Anderson still avoided expounding on the music.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
The tiny wine bar, across the street from the railroad tracks on Dixie Highway in Hollywood and across the parking lot from American Legion Post 92, is first and foremost focused on pouring and expounding on the beauty of natural wines from around the world.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026

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The conference — 20 men and women pontificating, arguing, strategizing, hashing out the truth — is the entire movie.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
The language of a sociopath is very easy to have a mustached, twirly guy speaking and pontificating and vaguely threatening tropes, but to really give him a kind of humanity, vulnerability.

— Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026

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Judging from the first episode, the show is less about reciting peak positions and more focused on the stories surrounding those numbers.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026
An outstretched hand After reciting the confessional, the Ne’ilah service adds one more prayer, not used in other services.

— Reuven Kimelman, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

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The anthem video features Zankov speaking about tactile and nostalgic references, such as leather softened by a long journey and the feeling of cashmere on the skin, that inspired the collection.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
The owners of Art of Play have been speaking to the press about the incident, noting that Clarkson’s posts have resulted in substantial trolling for the shop.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026

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