elucidated

past tense of elucidate

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Recent Examples of elucidated 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 network was about to hire The Daily Show host when a producer Kimmel worked with on the '90s game show Win Ben Stein's Money suggested that the head of the network watch video of him, Kimmel explained Wednesday on the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Newcastle are level with Everton in big chances created and, as my colleague Chris Waugh explained, have struggled with generating quality opportunities.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Turning to the audience, Martin quickly clarified that Wayward itself is not a heavy watch despite its serious subject matter.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In a text message, Jones clarified that Peoples is on the advisory board for Southside Community Garden, which Jones founded.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The picture book is both written and illustrated by Knightley, 40, who tells a whimsical story about a young girl that wishes her new baby sister would be carried away by birds.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Those statements, which emphasized the teams’ conversations with officials in both states, illustrated that locations in Missouri and Kansas were still in the mix months after both states approved sweeping incentives packages to secure them.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Storms like Beryl and Milton demonstrated extreme transformations, with Milton jumping 90 mph in one phase alone.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The move will significantly advance AIG’s portfolio growth in general insurance, a facet which, under Zaffino’s leadership, has demonstrated consistent growth.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025

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