elaborating

Example Sentences

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“This is the door to the ballroom,” he said, pointing to the future entrance to the $400 million addition to the White House, elaborating on all the bells and whistles the building will have.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

"They gave us a paper that should have been better and -- interestingly -- immediately, when I cancelled it, within 10 minutes, we got a new paper that was much better," he said, without elaborating.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

It says the number of its ships held in the area is in the single digits, without elaborating further.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

“Someone I know fed wise called me,” he wrote in the message, without elaborating.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

“It should’ve never taken this long,” he said, and gave an oblique slap to the lawyers, noting “our system is attorney-driven,” without elaborating.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel