as in to explain
to make plain or understandable
colored charts that really help to elucidate the points made in the text
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Recent Examples of elucidate
McLellan’s work also helped elucidate why D25 was so much more potent than palivizumab at preventing infection.
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Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2025
The foreign minister’s comments were confusing, but his deputy elucidated them in much clearer terms about the government’s self-conception.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
The material enhances performance The team elucidated the material’s mechanism through a series of experimental analyses, including solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy, electron spin resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
His more recent research has identified a new receptor protein for therapies to target, and helped elucidate the exact process of tumor killing—knowledge that could help improve the potency of immune therapies.
—Katarina Zimmer, JSTOR Daily, 14 Aug. 2025
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Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2025
The foreign minister’s comments were confusing, but his deputy elucidated them in much clearer terms about the government’s self-conception.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
The material enhances performance The team elucidated the material’s mechanism through a series of experimental analyses, including solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy, electron spin resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
His more recent research has identified a new receptor protein for therapies to target, and helped elucidate the exact process of tumor killing—knowledge that could help improve the potency of immune therapies.
—Katarina Zimmer, JSTOR Daily, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elucidate
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As Francisco explained, the Spring Fest is an annual open house in the spring that allows students to discover a wide range of resources.—
Staff report,
Daily News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Lior Torenberg explains what sets the Sad Girl Grifter (SGG) apart from her lying, scheming peers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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But during this period, three crucial things happened which clarified (if not calcified) a difference in artistic approach between the two men.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
23 Jan. 2026
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This article has been updated to clarify the location of Miss B's.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Advocates said that finding illustrates the severe lack of housing capacity in Orange County.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
27 Jan. 2026
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Moore’s Law illustrates the exponential growth of computing power over decades—a compounding curve that explains why so many breakthroughs are converging at once.—
Phil Kafarakis,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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My hope is that by opening a film set in a room full of folks dealing with drug addiction that people can hopefully learn to care for and love them, and that can have a large impact by challenging our assumptions about people and help demonstrate paths forward.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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The incident demonstrated how little current space traffic monitors know about the behavior of stuff returning from orbit.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Elucidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elucidate. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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