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
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
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
In elaboration, a single event is first described in a generic way and then in specific detail.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
"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
Slow tempo melodic elaborations that had a strong emotive emphasis became the insignia of his performances.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024
“Every movie is a dream,” the husband in “Vortex” muses, and his elaborations on the idea might serve as a running commentary on the movie he’s in.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
Sadly, some of that saved screen time is given over to problematic elaborations and inventions.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2019
Billy finally managed to get his news in edgewise during my continuing elaborations.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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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