exegesis
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In all this exegesis, there are at least four myths and one important truth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026
Compactness is a hallmark of her writing, made possible by both hard graft and her gifts for exposition and exegesis, which enabled her to digest and repackage huge quantities of material.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2024
Because he decided he wasn’t obligated to, based on his own personal exegesis of whatever rules he chose to consider that one day.
From Slate • May 3, 2023
If this were a different movie, say, a straight documentary, you might expect some exegesis to come next — cue the voice-over — but the scene has the quality of a dream, and it’s inviting.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022
This is all quite fascinating, but over the next six pages the paragraphs jump around between descriptions of the Cossacks’ way of war and still more exegesis of Clausewitz.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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