expound
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Her resignation, however, afforded her the freedom to expound the political ideas that are expected to feature heavily in Burnham's administration.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Pressed by show host Amy Goodman to expound, Coogler chuckled: “Um, I’d rather not say. But the attention on this project outside of a piece of art or commerce has been interesting.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
“The Rip” is consumed by the need to expound and interpret its own narrative at every turn.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2026
The company is set to expound on the results at Qubits 2026, a two-day conference at the end of January.
From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026
Jus decides to take a page from Docs book: “Care to expound a bit?”
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
Each of Ms. Pearsall’s chapters expounds on a word from the Declaration of Independence—such as “liberty,” “honor” and “happiness”—as a value that “prompted behavior among all kinds of people.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
"The Civil War was about how Ireland should conduct itself in relation to the rest of the world and in relation to the British," he expounds.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026
Seneca, a prominent writer of tragedies and advisor to Emperor Nero, expounds on resilience and the confrontation of adversity in his work "Letters From a Stoic."
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024
She expounds on the amazing fact of mycelial networks, the great web they build in the soil.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2023
He never expounds on education theory or education reform.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
In those meetings, he expounded on his pyramid of success, from team-building lessons to attention to detail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
The question of whether Native Americans were subject to United States governance was further expounded upon in 1886, with the Supreme Court ruling in United States v.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025
He then expounded further with reporters at Camelback Ranch, claiming some owners have appeared to use industry-wide uncertainty over local television broadcast deals as an excuse for a lack of competitive offers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
In interviews, executives expounded, usually with significant enthusiasm, on the benefits and drawbacks of the technology.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
He expounded his ideas about medicine, human nature, politics, and business.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
Donny Hathaway had already been expounding on the splendors and indignities of American life by the time he got to the Troubadour in West Hollywood in the last week of August 1971.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Since then, I’ve spent more than 40 years researching and expounding the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2025
Tanton kindles a small fire of twigs inside a metal pitcher, while expounding for the camera about ecology and overpopulation.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024
“No,” Servais said, trying to be stubborn before laughing and expounding.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
The allegation, which was untrue, irritated the detectives into expounding very convincing denials.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Vocabulary lists containing expound
To Kill a Mockingbird
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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