ELABORATED (ON) Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

elaborated (on)

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past tense of elaborate (on)

as in exaggerated

to add to the interest of by including made-up details my friend tends to elaborate on his hiking experiences, turning an ordinary walk in the woods into a hair-raising adventure

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as in developed

to express more fully and in greater detail the candidate for governor refused to elaborate on how she would balance the state's budget

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Standard laboratory models greatly exaggerated the actual performance of liquid thermogalvanic cells.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
The teachers union, United Teachers Los Angeles, in a memo to school board members, presented a counter interpretation and said the state team exaggerated the crisis and was implicitly faulting justified wage increases.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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Held at Dongseo University’s Centum Campus, the program was developed with the Asian Film Commissions Network and the Motion Picture Association.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Oracle's stock fell 4% in late September after the company sent a force majeure notice tied to Project Jupiter, a New Mexico data center campus and part of the broader Stargate AI buildout developed by Blue Owl.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

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The result is that her whole novel is colored by a sense of irresolution.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026
Styled by Serge Normant and colored by Gina Gilbert, the hairdo trailed behind her like a multidimensional shadow, blending gray, blond and brunette tones.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

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Degroote says Fox acquired the format after executives watched the French adaptation, which significantly expanded the scale of the original Norwegian concept.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Hyun, who has made AI films including Crypto Man and Genfluencer, expanded on this topic.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026

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“Elaborated (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elaborated%20%28on%29. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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