elucidated

past tense of elucidate

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Recent Examples of elucidated And in many cases, the same justifications elucidated by Douglass remain. Jacob Ware, The Conversation, 31 July 2026 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. 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
Verb
  • The logic, as Naga Chaitanya explained, was not about short-term returns.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Because the hive-minded beings communicate telepathically, re-recording mixer Larry Benjamin explained that the world often becomes unnaturally quiet, forcing the sound team to rethink where tension and comedy originate.
    Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Sweeney clarified her decision on Sunday, emphasizing that athletes who receive a fifth year do not bypass existing transfer regulations, roster limits or revenue-sharing amounts.
    Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
  • But in a statement to CBS News, a Justice Department official clarified that since then, the DHS Office of the Inspector General and the Maine attorney general's office are leading the investigation.
    Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The series consists of seven books written and illustrated by the Reys from 1941 to 1966, as well as later additions, not by the Reys, commissioned by the publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the 1990s.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Democrats are facing a dilemma and Michigan’s Senate primary perfectly illustrated it.
    Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The researchers demonstrated the concept using signals whose characteristics changed over time, including handwriting and object movement at different speeds.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026
  • This data empowers stronger salary negotiations, enabling employees to support their requests with market evidence and demonstrated impact.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

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“Elucidated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elucidated. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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