clarify
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But that may prove difficult, as pressure grows on the league to clarify exactly who is eligible to play.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Their results clarify how silver nanocatalysts improve solid oxide cell performance and show that both the location and mechanism of oxygen reactions change depending on how the cell is being used.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
She said information disseminated by local organizations and churches has helped to clarify things.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
I asked the Treasury Department to clarify, but it declined to comment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
In 1932 another source of information was dramatically opened up to me and I saw data of a surprising nature that helped to clarify the personality of Bigger.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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The proposed regulations unveiled this week “really clarifies a lot of what employers were waiting for,” said Dorian Smith, leader of Mercer’s law and policy practice.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
It’s not that the clothes were ever disappointing, she clarifies — it’s just that the anticipation was such a big part of the process.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Locke, 22, jokes that a lot of the time people are just handed producer credits, but clarifies "we actually put some effort in and took it seriously".
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
The bill, which clarifies the regulatory structure around digital assets, is making slow progress through Congress.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
“All right, one per calendar year,” he clarifies.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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The 2022 measure “did not repeal, relax, or extend the City’s three-term limit. Rather, it clarified that a full term may exceed four years when authorized by state law,” Leon’s lawyers wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
But he quickly clarified, "we want to be excited - that's why we love this club. I'm fully aware that we need to do it in a certain way".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
An unnamed White House official later clarified that Trump was joking, the Wall Street Journal reported.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Arday clarified to the Guardian newspaper that the £5 million fundraising for charity was done by a group of people over two decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The potatoes I'd been expecting have apparently either been clarified to an essence or were used to stoke the grill.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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Powers also responded to surveillance concerns by clarifying that his company’s software only blocks the printer from making prohibited parts — it doesn’t flag them to authorities or log users’ intellectual property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
The agency is said to be considering clarifying its guidance, although analysts don’t expect the government to block these transactions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
In that respect, Hemani may prove to be the most clarifying post-Bruen decision yet.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
This lone holdout is clarifying: If one index gatekeeper could keep its standards, the others didn’t have to lower theirs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
But it was just a matter of clarifying certain things in my previous statements.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
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