elaboration

Roberts wondered whether that phrasing itself suggested confusion, either by counsel or by the trial judge, about whether the objection was then being made or merely marked for later elaboration.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026

“No,” he said without hesitation or further elaboration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

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

In elaboration, a single event is first described in a generic way and then in specific detail.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

"These results help us understand the evolutionary history of horns and antlers and could suggest that differences in other ruminant cranial appendages, like ossicones and pronghorns, are also elaborations on a shared ancestral cranial appendage."

From Science Daily ● May 20, 2024

Slow tempo melodic elaborations that had a strong emotive emphasis became the insignia of his performances.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024

Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the Philip K. Dick story stands as one of his finest elaborations on established genre conventions, in this case film noir put to the service of speculative science fiction.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2018

His elaborations are elegant, persuasive and come to a surprisingly feminist conclusion — that female desire shaped evolution.

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2017

Billy finally managed to get his news in edgewise during my continuing elaborations.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam