as in develops
to express more fully and in greater detail
a lengthy follow-up that fleshes out the original report on the military engagement
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The company owns and develops commercial properties in California and India.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026 -
Meta also develops in-house processors and, according to a report late last year in The Information, had been in talks with Google about deploying the search company’s tensor processing units in Meta data centers in 2027.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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The bill expands on previous legislation passed banning cell phone use in kindergarten through eighth grade classrooms.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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As Texas–Taiwan semiconductor trade expands, a potential conflict between China and the island could disrupt global supply chains.—
Victoria Baeza Garcia,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Fleshes (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleshes%20%28out%29. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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