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as in exaggerating
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 enlarging (on or upon)
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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Goldman says Lander is exaggerating the gulf between them.
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Some may suspect the president is exaggerating.
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Municipal workers are developing a new low-level drinking water connection to supply the city's approximately 7,300 residents, hotels, businesses and the golf course as the lake level falls, Geller added.
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While a male fetus is developing in the womb, testicles originate in the abdomen near the kidneys.
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Perhaps this isn’t new—Star Wars has been taking small moments from the original trilogy and padding them out for decades now—almost everything seen on screen in those first three films has been resurrected, fleshed out with backstories and unnecessary details.
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The stock closed at a record high of $237 — padding out year-to-date gains to 117%.
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From Sunday school to public school In recent years, Texas leaders have broadly eliminated studies of racial and cultural diversity while expanding the schools’ abilities to introduce Christianity to students.
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The company is also expanding its Customer Acceleration Program, which allows enterprises to evaluate humanoid robots and prepare for large-scale deployment.
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“Elaborating (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elaborating%20%28on%29. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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