elucidates

present tense third-person singular of elucidate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of elucidates 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
  • From there, the snowball of negative plays picked up steam, which explains why the Dolphins finished the game with 211 yards.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • At each camp, the team leaves behind a small but powerful item, a red card that explains what to do during encounters with immigration officials.
    David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wika's engagement illustrates how technology can evolve from being a casual tool to something deeply personal.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • While the problems plaguing humanity — from political strife to poverty to natural disasters — might seem overwhelming, Dorantes said the property’s history illustrates how much the world can actually change.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Dialogue mode clarifies voices and pronunciation, keeping conversations crisp even in action-heavy scenes.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The cascade also clarifies why culture change is so difficult if attempted from the top down.
    Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The technical implementation demonstrates how PostgreSQL’s extensibility addresses enterprise requirements for both document flexibility and relational consistency.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Focus on scientific breakthroughs While K2 Think demonstrates performance on par with OpenAI, the system's developers say the aim is not to build a chatbot like ChatGPT.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Elucidates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elucidates. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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