elaboration
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Thomas Crow’s “Murder in the Rue Marat” is a granular account of the making of a masterpiece and a personal elaboration on its afterlife.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
“We want it back,” he said without further elaboration.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Lilly did not respond to a request for elaboration on the point.
From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025
It does not seek the new, but demands endless repetition of the same themes, merely with greater elaboration, gaudier technical effects and greater expense.
From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025
His only elaboration had been that they were “delightful people.”
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
Vocabulary lists containing elaboration
Common Core Grades 7–8, List 3
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Common Core Grade 6, List 3
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Common Core Grades 9–10, List 3
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