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Although the Oscar-winning director reportedly planned to present revised ideas to his neighbors, the elaborate project ultimately never came to fruition.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
“We have investments,” Sims told me, declining to further elaborate on the portfolio.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
A pair of opposition Conservative MPs have called on him to elaborate on what he and the bloc plan to work towards.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
But you don’t have to elaborate with acquaintances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Jonah’s still looking at me, waiting to see if I’m going to elaborate.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
When questioned on this by her guest, Queer Eye's Tan France, she elaborates on what she likes to cook.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
In a recent essay at Scientific American, leading psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton elaborates:
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2024
“Face to Face” elaborates on this possible evidence as well as leads Peterson and his supporters claim paint a different picture from that which the prosecution used to secure Peterson’s conviction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
She acknowledges but barely elaborates on them, they claim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 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
On X, Mr. Coxon elaborated: He had worked for both OpenAI and Anthropic, and said “neither company is acting responsibly.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Davis elaborated further on his role in his 2019 memoir, Compton Street Legend.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
On Friday, the Federal Reserve’s chair, Kevin Warsh, elaborated on his plan to curb inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Prominent figures in the late 1980s and early 1990s elaborated on that argument in books and talk-show appearances.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
But Krum glowered at him, and Harry, somehow struck anew by how tall Krum was, elaborated.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
Macron said it was a "very important moment" for relations between the two countries, adding that they would also discuss "new initiatives" in the Middle East, without elaborating.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
He said the Journal’s analysis presented “an incomplete picture of the claims outcomes of the vast majority of our customers,” without elaborating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 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
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
And when April and Melanie started tossing the idea back and forth, decorating and elaborating the way they always did, it Worked just the way it was supposed to.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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