elaborate

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Wearing Celtic clothing and elaborate, nature-inspired headdresses, druids and pagans danced around the Neolithic stone circle in Wiltshire thought to have been built by distant ancestors to align with the movements of the Sun.

From BBC

Brown later refused to elaborate on what had happened between him and Durant.

From Barron's

Decorations like tinsel and brightly-coloured lights "take us back", agrees 52-year-old Pandora Maxton from York, an influencer who means business with her elaborate festive displays.

From BBC

A Sakura spokesperson declined to elaborate on Tanaka’s remarks, saying the CEO had made them in his personal capacity, not on the company’s behalf.

From Barron's

Many critics noted that their work suffered from selection bias and determinism; a 1991 Newsweek article described it as “an elaborate historical horoscope that will never withstand scholarly scrutiny.”

From Salon