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elaborate

[ih-lab-er-it, ih-lab-uh-reyt] / ɪˈlæb ər ɪt, ɪˈlæb əˌreɪt /




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Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov called the talks "extremely frank", saying the Americans "put forward a number of ideas on possible routes to a settlement", but did not elaborate.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

To do so, U.S. officials and researchers say, Iran has built an elaborate shadow banking network that includes shell companies and currency exchange houses in places such as Hong Kong and Dubai.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

The district attorney declined to elaborate on the evidence that led to Renteria’s release, citing an ongoing investigation that could result in a prosecution of the real gunman.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Researchers also observed the archaeon producing chains of budded vesicles along with elaborate tube-like structures.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

The Hill’s Guard was printed in large, elaborate gold lettering on the back of their witch’s cloaks.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Later, he elaborates more fully on the genius of her portrayal.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

Singh elaborates on the connection young people felt to hip-hop’s deeper tradition.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

Scanning the room, largely full of teenagers, she elaborates on her last point.

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

Gray elaborates by pointing out that when climate change raises sea levels, the impact will not be limited to people living on the coasts.

From Salon May 24, 2024

The meadow lark, with three hundred notes to work with, arranges these in phrases of three to six notes and elaborates fifty types of song.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Dr. Stuart Weiss, a Manhattan endocrinologist, elaborated in an email: “Bigger muscles are not necessarily stronger.”

From Slate Jul. 16, 2026

He has elaborated on the philosophy in a handful of recent public appearances, and he is writing a book—due out in October—to defend it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Hamilton also elaborated on a remark he had made after his win in Barcelona about having incurred an injury at the track last year.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

He elaborated a little, calling lidar the wrong solution for self-driving cars, pointing out that humans drive with eyes and a brain, which is fundamentally Tesla’s approach to self-driving technology.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

“Our prisoner has not yet elaborated on her own role as a wireless operator at the aerodrome at Maidsend.”

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

"It's a difficult situation," she said, adding that the US federal government was "helping us out", without elaborating.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

“Decisions regarding the army will be worked out,” he said, without elaborating.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

The Texas senator similarly held a private meeting with Blanche, a conversation he described simply as “positive,” without elaborating which direction he’s leaning on Blanche’s confirmation.

From Slate Jul. 9, 2026

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said Thursday in a written statement that he had approved the deal despite having a "different view", without elaborating.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

“It should’ve never taken this long,” he said, and gave an oblique slap to the lawyers, noting “our system is attorney-driven,” without elaborating.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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