elucidates

present tense third-person singular of elucidate

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Recent Examples of elucidates Basically, whenever John and Yoko talk about something vaguely abstract, Soderbergh elucidates his words with the help of Meta’s video-generative tools. Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 15 May 2026 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. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elucidates
Verb
  • There are a lot of caveats that education reporter Martha Dalton explains neatly for us.
    Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 22 July 2026
  • All of that perhaps explains why Rodgers, who grew up in an evangelical Christian environment, may have rejected his family for a time.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • The strategy illustrates how large pet-food companies increasingly see nutrition as part of preventive health care rather than simply feeding pets.
    Elsa Ohlen,Carolin Roth, CNBC, 18 July 2026
  • Using examples like incidental lung nodules, the piece illustrates how AI can ensure timely follow-ups and coordinated care, preventing devastating delays.
    Demetri Giannikopoulos, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • The bill also clarifies that only those powered by liquid fuel, such as gasoline, require a muffler.
    Madison Smalstig July 18, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
  • This version clarifies that the idea for the collaboration originated with Toyota Ventures’s Adler.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • Translator and philologist Carlota Palacin Jordan believes sufrir demonstrates how nuances in languages can be influenced by cultures and missed in literal translations.
    Colin Millar, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Roman designer Ludovica Malagò, who cofounded Studio Malià with Gaia Rebecchini, demonstrates one graceful way to do so in this recent project.
    Francesca Longoni, Architectural Digest, 18 July 2026

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“Elucidates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elucidates. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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