expounds

present tense third-person singular of expound

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Recent Examples of expounds His post makes no mention of upcoming future dates in the tour, nor expounds on the nature of the threat. Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expounds
Verb
  • Lessing expresses no regret or agony at her childhood actions, or at what happens next.
    Rebecca van Laer September 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Jay expresses his discontentment.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In between bites, Echols explains where his love of burgers came from.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Juliana Vanegas, a marine biologist who works with Alvarado, explains what happens.
    John Otis, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For Fuad, that generosity transformed the project from an act of documentation into one of cultural stewardship, where he was tasked with carrying Shihuh voices forward.
    Essie Assibu, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Here, Palamides voices Esther, Katherine's youngest child, Ben's sister, and Nathan's niece.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This ruling comes amid broader debates in the United States over the future of TPS, a humanitarian immigration program, and illustrates the judiciary’s influential role in shaping national immigration policy.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Shot on location surrounded by her horses, the campaign illustrates elevated pieces designed for today’s modern wardrobe, and shows Springsteen in her truest from.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If the thought of budgeting gives you a headache, there's another way to approach managing your money without tracking every expense or obsessing over spreadsheets.
    Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Mercifully, Marlon gives Lee a chance to prove he can be trusted.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Therien clarifies that's just one option for play, though.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The new rule clarifies the use of electronic devices and what is permitted in the sport; new rules were added last season to allow coaches to communicate electrrocially in games.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kinethreads demonstrates that high-quality haptics no longer need to be locked behind expensive, rigid exoskeletons.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In this era, as the rest of the postseason field demonstrates, that makes Milwaukee one of the exceptions to the rule.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Expounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expounds. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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