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elaborate

[ih-lab-er-it, ih-lab-uh-reyt] / ɪˈlæb ər ɪt, ɪˈlæb əˌreɪt /




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Despite their elaborate efforts at secrecy and unaccountability, Flock works through government contracts.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Jansen loves the elaborate Greek ferry system that connects most of the country’s inhabited islands.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Journalists and some White House staff on board did not know the US president had been smuggled out as part of an elaborate ruse in response to a possible Iranian threat.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Some of those spots host elaborate holiday light displays that require set-up in late October.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

These were so elaborate and so much fun that people remembered them for years.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

When questioned on this by her guest, Queer Eye's Tan France, she elaborates on what she likes to cook.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2025

Instead, it thoughtfully elaborates on the stage show, which opened on Broadway in 2003.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2024

“Face to Face” elaborates on this possible evidence as well as leads Peterson and his supporters claim paint a different picture from that which the prosecution used to secure Peterson’s conviction.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2024

Gray elaborates by pointing out that when climate change raises sea levels, the impact will not be limited to people living on the coasts.

From Salon May 24, 2024

The meadow lark, with three hundred notes to work with, arranges these in phrases of three to six notes and elaborates fifty types of song.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Davis also elaborated on the shooting to the media, detailing information to reporters in interviews.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Dr. Stuart Weiss, a Manhattan endocrinologist, elaborated in an email: “Bigger muscles are not necessarily stronger.”

From Slate Jul. 16, 2026

He has elaborated on the philosophy in a handful of recent public appearances, and he is writing a book—due out in October—to defend it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Netanyahu elaborated on Israel's security concerns in his post.

From Barron's Mar. 29, 2026

Hand-clapping songs, circle games and dances in which narrative movements are used were performed and elaborated on generation after generation by children and youngsters.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

"It's a difficult situation," she said, adding that the US federal government was "helping us out", without elaborating.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

A spokesman for the Turkish Defense Ministry told reporters Thursday that work on the issue was continuing, without elaborating.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

The Texas senator similarly held a private meeting with Blanche, a conversation he described simply as “positive,” without elaborating which direction he’s leaning on Blanche’s confirmation.

From Slate Jul. 9, 2026

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said Thursday in a written statement that he had approved the deal despite having a "different view", without elaborating.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

And when April and Melanie started tossing the idea back and forth, decorating and elaborating the way they always did, it Worked just the way it was supposed to.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder




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