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explicated

verb

past tense of explicate

as in explained

to make plain or understandable the physicist did his best to explicate the wave theory of light for the audience of laymen

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Recent Examples of explicated His paragon, surprisingly, was Adorno, who, notwithstanding his mandarin prose, often explicated his ideas on radio and television. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 Gender presentation as a theme is suggested, rather than explicated, by the yin-yang survival modes pursued by Lady and her oldest friend Pinky (Amanda Oruh), the other girl in the opening sequence. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2026

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So how much of the show’s multiverse can be explained by science?

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 24 July 2026
They’re also equipped with solar arrays that generate twice as much power as prior generations, a SpaceX business analyst explained in a livestream.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 24 July 2026

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The show’s first trailer, which debuted during DC Studios’ Hall H panel, illustrated its commitment to using traditional cop show tropes on a comic book property.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
This was starkly illustrated by Sunday’s final, which ended with Spain beating Argentina 1-0 courtesy of Ferran Torres’s extra-time goal.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 24 July 2026

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Ultra Maritime demonstrated a counter-unmanned underwater vehicle (C-UUV) capability during the US Navy’s Lanternfish 2026 exercise.

— Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
Since then, the administration has demonstrated its willingness to implement a variety of those laws to rebuild the president's tariff regime.

— Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 24 July 2026

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