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
The rapidity and the terseness of the onscreen action leaps from scene to scene, from event to event, from one salient point to the next, with nothing incidental in between, nothing revealing anything besides what directly elucidates the story as Polanski chooses to tell it.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Genomic convergence in hibernating mammals elucidates the genetics of metabolic regulation in the hypothalamus.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
What has made Superman endure culturally since 1938 is his humanity — his fallibility and compassion — a fact which Corenswet gets to elucidate in a moving, climactic speech.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 July 2025
Still, the impressive power of the book club might have been better elucidated if details about its impact in other Eastern Bloc countries were brought into the story.
—Valorie Castellanos Clark, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Genomic convergence in hibernating mammals elucidates the genetics of metabolic regulation in the hypothalamus.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
What has made Superman endure culturally since 1938 is his humanity — his fallibility and compassion — a fact which Corenswet gets to elucidate in a moving, climactic speech.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 July 2025
Still, the impressive power of the book club might have been better elucidated if details about its impact in other Eastern Bloc countries were brought into the story.
—Valorie Castellanos Clark, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
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Erika Kirk also explained why a small stuffed puppet was sitting beside Kirk’s empty microphone.—
Stephanie Murray,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Instead, Pittsburgh’s defense rested on the idea that the taxes equal out when considering the school-district tax—a point, as explained above, that failed to persuade the judges who have presided over this litigation.—
Robert Raiola,
Sportico.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Try washing the tint out with a clarifying shampoo or a deep treatment mask like Matrix Biolage HydraSource Deep Treatment Hair Mask right away.—
Maureen Choi,
Glamour,
25 Sep. 2025
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So, which clarifying shampoo is best for you?—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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New research into Rembrandt van Rijn’s 1642 masterpiece suggests that this barking dog was inspired by the title page of a widely available book on the temptations of the flesh, illustrated by the Dutch artist, poet and publisher Adriaen van de Venne.—
Senay Boztas,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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One New Kingdom papyrus illustrates a curious case of power being projected along the river through sheer brinkmanship.—
Vanessa Taylor,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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The test event also demonstrated that the system can detect UAVs even if drones are partially obscured by buildings or clouds.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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Protesters had rallied for days outside the Texas state capitol, demonstrating against Republican efforts to redraw the state’s congressional map.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Elucidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elucidate. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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