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elaborate

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




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Although the Oscar-winning director reportedly planned to present revised ideas to his neighbors, the elaborate project ultimately never came to fruition.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

“We have investments,” Sims told me, declining to further elaborate on the portfolio.

From Slate Sep. 18, 2026

Subway cars and burned-out streets don’t require much in the way of elaborate illustration for the overhang of menace to be felt.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

At 19, Pierpaolo Seguso created his first glasswork in the furnaces of his family’s glassblowing factory: an elaborate vase he named “Isola.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 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

Singh elaborates on the connection young people felt to hip-hop’s deeper tradition.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

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

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

A note elaborates that Tío Alejandro was the one who used to own English saddle horses and taught you four girls to ride.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Davis elaborated further on his role in his 2019 memoir, Compton Street Legend.

From BBC Sep. 1, 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

Prominent figures in the late 1980s and early 1990s elaborated on that argument in books and talk-show appearances.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2026

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

From Barron's Mar. 29, 2026

Hess elaborated his ideas in an important paper, which was almost universally ignored.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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

Macron said it was a "very important moment" for relations between the two countries, adding that they would also discuss "new initiatives" in the Middle East, without elaborating.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 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

"He is at the intensive care unit. He was admitted last evening and his condition is being managed," she added, without elaborating.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

I was elaborating upon my “legend” consistently and Luzan accepted my pathologies.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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