elaborates

present tense third-person singular of elaborate
as in unfolds
to gradually become clearer or more detailed as mankind's understanding of the universe has elaborated

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Recent Examples of elaborates Fletcher elaborates on his sessions, which feature technology that established stars are used to. Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 13 May 2026 Though in some sense this is a cautionary tale, the way that first Homer describes their attachment, and then Tennyson elaborates on their doomed, blissful apathy, is seductive in its own right. Literary Hub, 11 May 2026 Aquinas’ take The Christian moral tradition builds and elaborates on these Greek foundations. Tucker J. Gregor, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026 Since there are fewer crossing points, the fabric is smoother, Gopinath elaborates. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 7 Feb. 2026 The Senate bill codifies these eligibility standards for applicants, but elaborates further on what the state will report to the federal government on non-citizens. Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026 Dressed in jeans, a T-shirt and brown suede cowboy boots, Batson elaborates on his idea about genre. Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026 Peterson intended to assign the passage in which Plato elaborates on a myth about the origin of erotic love, proposing that human beings were originally created as bodies joined together. Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026 Furnish elaborates on where things stand. Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025
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  • Cohen added that showcasing the local food scene and culture alongside all the drama that unfolds on a trip has become essential to these episodes.
    Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Measurement platforms such as Tubular Labs evaluate creator performance across measurement windows of one, three, seven and 30 days because creator influence unfolds over time rather than in a single moment.
    Zoe Soon, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
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  • Mary’s Cafe & Coin Laundry turns forty in 2028, certainly an accomplishment worthy of another World Cup campaign, while also rightfully celebrating a space that tells so much about how business evolves through resilience and community.
    Paula de la Cruz, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • One where care does not begin and end with a visit, but evolves continuously through understanding people in their real environments.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 30 July 2026
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  • Eventually, the relationship progresses to more sophisticated items.
    Natalia Cote-Muñoz, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Although vendors at the various farmers markets are often under tents or canopies, those can collect heat as the day progresses.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
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  • An unlikely working relationship develops between an overzealous tech billionaire and a reluctant writer who realizes the only way to make artificial intelligence any better is to fix the broken real world it’s trained on.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Brookfield develops and operates the campus, NextEra builds and owns the generation, and three Kentucky utilities are named in the release.
    Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
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  • How cricket grows in America will not be determined by sponsorship money alone, or broadcast deals, or the size of the diaspora.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Building fuel capacity The company says the additional acreage will be important as demand for advanced reactor technology grows in the US and allied markets.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026

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“Elaborates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elaborates. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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