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clarify

[klar-uh-fahy] / ˈklær əˌfaɪ /




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When suspected Russian drones swept over European airports last year, governments struggled to clarify who should respond.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

CNN aired the full video of Dershowitz’s testimony and invited him to appear twice in the next two days to clarify his comments.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

Meanwhile, the reports clarify the scale of the funding challenge for America’s retirement programs in an era of longer life expectancy.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

Koizumi, 45, also told the BBC that Japan needed to clarify the status of the SDF or Self-Defence Forces.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

She doesn't look like she has any idea what I'm talking about, even when I clarify that a Rototiller is a machine with sharp blades that mechanically chop soil.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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