elaboration
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Roberts wondered whether that phrasing itself suggested confusion, either by counsel or by the trial judge, about whether the objection was then being made or merely marked for later elaboration.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026
In the WSJ interview, Trump moved the deadline to Tuesday, and on Sunday afternoon, without elaboration, Trump posted “Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Fortunately, clear skies will bless BTS for the live event, although Netflix’s Mussman admits without elaboration, “There was a rain plan.”
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
“We want it back,” he said without further elaboration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
An interesting elaboration on the concept of conditional probability is known as Bayes’ theorem, first proved by Thomas Bayes in the eighteenth century.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
"These results help us understand the evolutionary history of horns and antlers and could suggest that differences in other ruminant cranial appendages, like ossicones and pronghorns, are also elaborations on a shared ancestral cranial appendage."
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2024
While trained within the confines of Rampur style - which focused on intricate rhythmic play, fast elaborations and a full-throated throw of voice - Rashid, like most greats, transcended its boundaries.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024
Yet these elaborations — note the words “recycled” and “always-awake” — have less to do with the machinery of the station than they do with the orbiting minds of the humans on board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the Philip K. Dick story stands as one of his finest elaborations on established genre conventions, in this case film noir put to the service of speculative science fiction.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2018
Billy finally managed to get his news in edgewise during my continuing elaborations.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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Common Core Grades 7–8, List 3
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Common Core Grade 6, List 3
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