elaboration

Example Sentences

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“We want it back,” he said without further elaboration.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Barron's

It does not seek the new, but demands endless repetition of the same themes, merely with greater elaboration, gaudier technical effects and greater expense.

From Salon

Here repeated rhythms are overlayed by a large ensemble featuring all the festival performers in ecstatic elaborations.

From Los Angeles Times

Everything else is just elaboration on that basic plot.

From Salon