explication
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Mr. Richardson’s explication of these sui generis novels is astute and highly welcome.
Democrats feigned alarm over the memo’s explication of the unitary executive.
If this, one of the best and truest Ojai festivals in recent years, is meant not for explication but discovery, please do so.
From Los Angeles Times
But you can just as easily read it as a lucid explication of Rousseau’s ideas about human nature, or as a slippery narrative told by a not-quite-reliable narrator who’s trying to get away with murder.
From New York Times
More extensive explication is available via the reliable "Star Wars" online encyclopedia of your choice.
From Salon
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