explication
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Mr. Richardson’s explication of these sui generis novels is astute and highly welcome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Estados Unidos Mexicanos thwart case-by-case determination of PLCAA’s applicability, a process that promotes careful explication of the law.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025
More extensive explication is available via the reliable "Star Wars" online encyclopedia of your choice.
From Salon • Aug. 23, 2023
“We hope that the report’s explication of the issues,” he added, “might be useful a century from now.”
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2021
Because it did not exist in classical Latin discooperio never established itself as a respectable term; in any case, discovery was such a new concept that at first it required explication.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing explication
Challenge, List 9
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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Love's Labour's Lost
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