elaboration
Example Sentences
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In her introduction, the translator Anne McKnight presents “Long Take” as an elaboration on “Something Like an Autobiography,” the filmmaker’s 1981 memoir.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Lilly did not respond to a request for elaboration on the point.
From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025
“We had surveillance operations,” Kinch said, without elaboration.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025
My response to “how’s work” has often dwindled to a simple “fine,” without much elaboration.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2024
He peeked out the door and disappeared without elaboration.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
