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elaboration

[ih-lab-uh-rey-shuhn] / ɪˌlæb əˈreɪ ʃən /
NOUN
illustration
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“No,” he said without hesitation or further elaboration.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 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

Lilly did not respond to a request for elaboration on the point.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

Everything else is just elaboration on that basic plot.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2025

The reader of Unweaving the Rainbow opens the book and is walloped with a reminder of the most dreadful fact we know, and on its heels a paradoxical elaboration.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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