as in to speak
to give a formal often extended talk on a subject the naturalist is known for her willingness to expatiate on any number of issues relating to wildlife and the environment

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Recent Examples of expatiate There was no debate on education, for instance, the subject on which Cash had been most keen to expatiate; indeed, there were no debates at all. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024 Ostensibly, further studies are encouraged to expatiate this understanding. Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2024 Ostensibly, further studies are encouraged to expatiate this understanding. Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022 With wit and elan to spare, Greene expatiates on the intrigue that ensues when David Sparsholt, an engineering student with a fiancée, Connie, and a plan to join the Royal Air Force, arrives at Oxford in 1940. Priscilla Gilman, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2018 Alex Tizon’s essay can be read not simply as an attempt to confess a crime and expatiate his family’s guilt. Jean M. Twenge, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2017 Tizon’s essay can be read not simply as an attempt to confess a crime and expatiate his family’s guilt. Vicente Rafael, The Atlantic, 31 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expatiate
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  • Trump spoke after a swearing-in ceremony for Paul Atkins as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to USA TODAY.
    Susan Tompor, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Why not speak to Tzarina and check if there would be time on Alesia’s schedule to help clean up?
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025
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  • Conor Heffernan, who lectures on the history of sports and fitness at Ulster University, in Ireland, said the current vogue for biohacking, and its protein boosterism, reeks of snake oil.
    Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Her quotidian life was lecturing at a college in Aberdeen, close to where she was born, and the travel and mountaineering a teacher’s schedule enables.
    Sadie Stein, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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  • And the volunteer who can’t write a check but has spent every weekend knocking on doors and talking to neighbors about this campaign’s promise of a better future for Fort Worth.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Josh Norris, Bowen Byram and JJ Peterka are among those scheduled to talk to reporters.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025

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“Expatiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatiate. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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