elaborating

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improving adj.
development n.
unfolding n.

ADJECTIVE

improving

Synonyms

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developing

STRONG

bettering correcting fixing remodeling repairing

WEAK

convalescent

NOUN

development

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advancement evolution expansion improvement increase progress

STRONG

addition adulthood advance augmentation boost buildup chrysalis developing enlargement flowering hike maturation maturity ontogenesis ontogeny progression reinforcement ripening spread spreading unfolding

WEAK

adding to advancing augmenting evolvement evolving increasing making progress maturing ongoing perfecting reinforcing unraveling upgrowth upping

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decline decrease halt retreat retrogression stoppage

STRONG

lessening reduction shrinkage stagnation withdrawal

NOUN

unfolding

Synonyms

STRONGEST

flowering

STRONG

addition adulthood advance advancement advancing augmentation augmenting boost buildup developing enlargement evolution evolving expansion growth hike improvement increase increasing maturation maturing maturity perfecting progress progression reinforcement reinforcing ripening spread spreading unraveling upping

WEAK

adding to evolvement making progress ongoing upgrowth

Antonyms

STRONG

decline decrease diminishment failure halt lessening loss reduction retreat retrogression shrinkage stagnation stop stoppage subtraction withdrawal

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elaborating

At Sunday’s deployment ceremony, Kim said North Korea was carrying out an important plan to strengthen its naval forces and vowed to prove this to the world in eight months, without elaborating on the plan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

"We have an idea for peace," he said, without elaborating.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

"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

Joe, conscious of the kids watching him over the rims of their Dixie cups, found himself elaborating on the things he remembered fondly.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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