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elaborate

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




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It has been exhausting just watching her rehearse the elaborate moves and costume changes for more than an hour at a time.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

Almost immediately after they’d lost in court, the Greens had hatched an elaborate escape plan together.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

If the Dinaledi Chamber was intentionally used only for females, it could point to surprisingly elaborate social customs among these ancient human relatives.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

At home, when he was charged with babysitting his little brother, he’d enlist the smaller boy in elaborate role-playing schemes of his own devising.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

Founded in 1838, Mount Hope was one of the earliest “garden cemeteries” to feature elaborate headstones, gazebos and benches used for public recreation as well as for burials.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Later, he elaborates more fully on the genius of her portrayal.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 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

Dr Neil Scott, medical adviser to the British Boxing Board of Control and consultant head and neck surgeon elaborates.

From BBC ● May 8, 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

Mr. Varadarajan elaborated that Ms. Tisch “has been a prominent administrator in the city since February 2014, when she became the NYPD’s deputy commissioner for information technology.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

On Friday, the Federal Reserve’s chair, Kevin Warsh, elaborated on his plan to curb inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026

Hamilton also elaborated on a remark he had made after his win in Barcelona about having incurred an injury at the track last year.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

But Krum glowered at him, and Harry, somehow struck anew by how tall Krum was, elaborated.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Putin received the proposals "with understanding", the Kremlin said, without elaborating on what the proposals were or the Russian president's response.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

At Sunday’s deployment ceremony, Kim said North Korea was carrying out an important plan to strengthen its naval forces and vowed to prove this to the world in eight months, without elaborating on the plan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

“Our focus remains on finding a sustainable manufacturing solution for Brampton,” the spokeswoman said, without elaborating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Without elaborating on Tess, she went on, “Ain’t neither one of y’all ’bout to walk in my kitchen with all that outside on your hands.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds


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