Thesaurus results for ELUCIDATION

elucidation

noun

as in explanation

a statement that makes something clear the candidate issued what were supposed to be elucidations of his earlier statements, but they did little to quell the controversy

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Recent Examples of elucidation But elucidation arrives on FXX (and Hulu) this week in the form of Necaxa, a spinoff or companion series from many of the same producers, focusing on Longoria and her role with Club Necaxa, a once storied, now struggling team in Mexico’s Liga MX. —

Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025 After over 70 years of research, since the elucidation of the structure of DNA by Watson and Crick in 1953, biochemists are no closer to solving the fundamental question of how life began. —

Gregory J. Rummo, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025

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Eric Musselman sat behind a microphone at the bitter end of a bitter regular season for USC, armed only with the same explanations for how a once-hopeful season could come so undone.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Some of the specific explanations the CIA had used were just crazy.

— Scott Pelley, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026