elucidated

past tense of elucidate

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Recent Examples of elucidated 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elucidated
Verb
  • Brooks explained the white and brown pup was rescued from a cruelty case in South Carolina.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The effects of the RBI's outsized rate cut of 50 basis points in June have yet to filter through the economy, explained Malhotra, adding that the decision to hold rates steady was unanimous.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The retailer clarified that law enforcement has not alleged that the products were counterfeit.
    Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Authorities have arrested Douglas Irwin Shaw, 41, on suspicion of murder, though the Vallejo Police Department has not declared a motive or clarified whether the two knew each other.
    Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Replacing the national flags—symbols of the UN’s unity—with items common in Ghana, Mahama illustrated how easily materials from the nation could reach the US, while ordinary Ghanaians cannot travel as freely as the objects produced in their country.
    Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The crossover is written by Steve Orlando and illustrated by Travis Mercer, with covers by Lucas Meyer.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Nobel winners carried out experiments in the mid-1980s with an electronic circuit built of superconductors and demonstrated that quantum mechanics could also influence everyday objects under certain conditions.
    USA Today, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Millions of Americans are willing to vote for a female presidential candidate — as demonstrated by the 2016 and 2024 elections.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025

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