as in unfolding
to gradually become clearer or more detailed
as mankind's understanding of the universe has elaborated
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Recent Examples of elaborating
The majority of the schools joining the voluntary commitment are MD-granting institutions, said a senior HHS official, without elaborating on the breakdown.
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Reuters
wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
Masinsin added without elaborating that two of those onboard were foreigners, including one of the two who died.
—ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
Iranian state media said early Sunday the 86-year-old leader had died without elaborating on a cause.
—Claudia Ciobanu, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026
The firing of Steve Agostini was announced by Chancellor Julio Frenk in a campus-wide message without elaborating on the reason for the change.
—City News Service, Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
After the shooting, had said that Levi acted in self-defense, without elaborating.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
The three victims, aged 16, 20 and 23, all died from gunshot wounds, authorities said, without elaborating.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
In response, Crowdstrike confirmed to BleepingComputer that a company insider shared screenshots with an unnamed threat actor, without elaborating.
—PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
Kelly did not disclose what structural engineering issues the building had, but said that the company's structural engineering firm informed Amazon of its error in a statement without elaborating.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
Reuters
wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
Masinsin added without elaborating that two of those onboard were foreigners, including one of the two who died.
—ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
Iranian state media said early Sunday the 86-year-old leader had died without elaborating on a cause.
—Claudia Ciobanu, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026
The firing of Steve Agostini was announced by Chancellor Julio Frenk in a campus-wide message without elaborating on the reason for the change.
—City News Service, Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
After the shooting, had said that Levi acted in self-defense, without elaborating.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
The three victims, aged 16, 20 and 23, all died from gunshot wounds, authorities said, without elaborating.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
In response, Crowdstrike confirmed to BleepingComputer that a company insider shared screenshots with an unnamed threat actor, without elaborating.
—PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
Kelly did not disclose what structural engineering issues the building had, but said that the company's structural engineering firm informed Amazon of its error in a statement without elaborating.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elaborating
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Inside the Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, a new chapter is unfolding, according to curator Jill Ahlberg Yohe.—
Derek James,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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The Alabama Solution is a six-year investigation into the crisis unfolding at prisons across the southern state, discovering over 1,300 deaths of people in custody inside Alabama correctional facilities between 2019 and 2024.—
Davi Merchan,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2026
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Asteroid and comet redirection is possible as well, as several missions have demonstrated, and perhaps a long-term future for humanity, as well as whatever humans wind up evolving into, will continue to include that information.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 Mar. 2026
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An effort to undermine the credibility of the chief executive officer of the University of Connecticut Health Center was timed to go public before the celebratory kickoff Wednesday of Waterbury Hospital’s renewal as part of an evolving new hospital system led by UConn Health.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2026
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Meta is also reportedly in talks to use Google’s TPUs, and Broadcom assists the social media company with developing its own MTIA accelerator.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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Laurels for work UKAEA and CERN have received a ‘Highly Commended’ recognition at The Engineer’s Collaborate to Innovate (C2I) Awards for jointly developing a compact autonomous robot designed to inspect the LHC.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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However, the work is not progressing.—
Larry Seward,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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McGrath said Monday Dolton’s lawsuit against the insurance company is progressing, as the insurance company’s motion to dismiss the case was recently denied.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Elaborating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elaborating. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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