elaborate

Example Sentences

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The International Energy Agency estimates it is at least 30% cheaper to produce a small electric SUV in China than in more advanced economies, largely because of lower battery costs and elaborate supply chains.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

As Chen De’an, head of excavation at the K1 and K2 pits, points out, walking into the elaborate complex that now surrounds the dig, “There was nothing here but fields.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Take, for example, elaborate platters of vegetable crudité, complete with cottage cheese, yellow mustard and a sausage or two.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

Struggling movie theaters have turned to selling increasingly elaborate novelty popcorn buckets to increase fans’ concessions spending.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Modest white outside walls crowned with slanting tile decorations gave no hint of the elaborate courtyards and inner living quarters that were hidden like pearls in their oyster shells.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh