as in explained
to make plain or understandable
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Recent Examples of elucidated
The group further elucidated that the program should chiefly prioritize reuse and repair, with retail and community-based organizations responsible for promoting and providing visibility for repair services.
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 2 Mar. 2026
Concluding his monologue, Stewart also elucidated the ironic, frustrating parallels between the lack of legal accountability for those named in the Epstein files and the administration’s law-and-order crackdown toward immigration.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 2 Feb. 2026
But Democrats’ goals, as elucidated at No Kings rallies, have not changed.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 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
Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 2 Mar. 2026
Concluding his monologue, Stewart also elucidated the ironic, frustrating parallels between the lack of legal accountability for those named in the Epstein files and the administration’s law-and-order crackdown toward immigration.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 2 Feb. 2026
But Democrats’ goals, as elucidated at No Kings rallies, have not changed.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elucidated
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Many joked that the clip explained years of mysterious toy discoveries beneath their own furniture.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Hollis, Queens, resident Patricia Khan first met McLogan in 2024 and explained her predicament at the time.—
Elle McLogan,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Officials clarified the situation is not the same as a lockdown, and instead, school operations are able to continue under a shelter-in-place order while limiting access to buildings.—
Marcella Baietto,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Certainly, the state is better able to resolve substantive education issues if its own lines of authority are clarified.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
29 Mar. 2026
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As Operation Clown Dump illustrated, the first, and maybe biggest, floodgate exists at the distribution level.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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Villa retained the ability to move the ball upfield efficiently, as illustrated by their attacking shape in the image below.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Phelps demonstrated how to feed the paper manually, striking the keys with force but not so hard the letters would smudge.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images In 2024 and 2025, several companies and research groups demonstrated improved quantum error correction, a key requirement for building reliable machines.—
Dylan Butts,Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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