elaboration
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“Time’s Second Arrow” is an elaboration and defense of that controversial article.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
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
“We want it back,” he said without further elaboration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Lilly did not respond to a request for elaboration on the point.
From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025
Some of these carvings suggest that the objects may have originated with the recognition and elaboration of some chance resemblance.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
"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
His elaborations are elegant, persuasive and come to a surprisingly feminist conclusion — that female desire shaped evolution.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2017
They have made a sprawling, passionate tribute to the power of organized protest, one that derives its authenticity from not only moments of fierce, confrontational action, but also extended elaborations of policy and procedure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2017
The directness of his questions and his subsequent elaborations threw her.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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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