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to make plain or understandable
the dating applicant spelled out exactly what she wanted in a man
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Recent Examples of spelled out
The Draghi And Letta Reports There are solutions, though, and they have been spelled out in some recent reports.
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Vilius Kavaliauskas, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Not that the down-to-earth stage royal visualizes her name spelled out in lights.
—Matthew Gurewitsch, Air Mail, 16 Aug. 2025
But all the facts of history must be spelled out.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
This was spelled out by new co-Motion Picture chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein on Wednesday at a Paramount-Skydance merger press conference in Los Angeles.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
First, our process is clearly spelled out in our state constitution (credit to the authors of the 1976 amendment and the 1980 update).
—Matt Ritter, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
Seeing Parker’s way of doing business, spelled out in his own words, bolsters everything Guralnick has already told us about him.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
During a private memorial, a huge floral tribute on the grounds of the mansion spelled out the words, 'OZZY F---ING OSBOURNE', on the banks of the Osbournes' lake.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Doohan also had to wait for that fate to be spelled out, just as audiences did.
—Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
Vilius Kavaliauskas, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Not that the down-to-earth stage royal visualizes her name spelled out in lights.
—Matthew Gurewitsch, Air Mail, 16 Aug. 2025
But all the facts of history must be spelled out.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
This was spelled out by new co-Motion Picture chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein on Wednesday at a Paramount-Skydance merger press conference in Los Angeles.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
First, our process is clearly spelled out in our state constitution (credit to the authors of the 1976 amendment and the 1980 update).
—Matt Ritter, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
Seeing Parker’s way of doing business, spelled out in his own words, bolsters everything Guralnick has already told us about him.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
During a private memorial, a huge floral tribute on the grounds of the mansion spelled out the words, 'OZZY F---ING OSBOURNE', on the banks of the Osbournes' lake.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Doohan also had to wait for that fate to be spelled out, just as audiences did.
—Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spelled out
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For those viewers questioning why Kendra Licari virtually harassed her own daughter, the answer is not made entirely clear in the documentary, Borgman explained in the interview.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Courtney Crown, senior media specialist at the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE), explained there are no penalties in place for school districts that fail to report employee injury data.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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While creatives have historically devised and illustrated their ideas, using tech tools like Photoshop to fine-tune them, the script appears to have flipped — with AI starting the process and humans perfecting the final product.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Budding influencers have been warned to look after their health, after researchers illustrated what the average influencer might look like come the year 2050.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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An air quality expert demonstrated how to build an air purifier with a box fan for people struggling with smoke in their homes.—
Stephanie Murray,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Circle has not yet demonstrated its capacity to scale to such levels.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The company clarified that there was no widespread hack, and the rumors likely stemmed from a mix of unrelated security alerts and social media exaggeration.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Phillips and an attorney for several of the victims clarified there is no current plan to make the survivors’ list public, although survivors intend to share with federal authorities.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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Adding to the price, this assessment is best used and interpreted with the support of a certified facilitator.—
Rebecca Fraser-Thill,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Global markets rely on the Fed being insulated from political pressure, and our market entrusts the Fed with containing inflation; if the Fed's independence is lost, the way its decisions are interpreted changes, and the individual decisions that comprise our market change as well.—
Isaac Saul,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In retirement plans, this process is simplified by having participants’ contributions invested in a pooled vehicle, which handles capital calls and distributions internally.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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In 1997, Congress simplified how profits from selling a primary home are taxed.—
Collyn Wainwright,
The Tennessean,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Spelled out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spelled%20out. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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