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present participle of clarify.

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clarifying

ADJECTIVE

elucidative

Synonyms

WEAK

annotative exegetic exegetical explanative explicative explicatory hermeneutic hermeneutical illustrative informative informing instructive interpretative interpretive

ADJECTIVE

exegetic

Synonyms

STRONG

exegetical

WEAK

annotative elucidative explanative explicative explicatory hermeneutic hermeneutical illustrative informative informing instructive interpretative interpretive

ADJECTIVE

explanative

Synonyms

WEAK

annotative elucidative exegetic exegetical explicative explicatory expository hermeneutic hermeneutical illustrative informative informing instructive interpretative interpretive

ADJECTIVE

explicative

Synonyms

WEAK

annotative elucidative exegetic exegetical explanative explicatory expository hermeneutic hermeneutical illustrative informative informing instructive interpretative interpretive

ADJECTIVE

expositive

Synonyms

WEAK

annotative descriptive elucidative exegetic exegetical explanative explicative explicatory expository hermeneutic hermeneutical illustrative informative informing instructive interpretative interpretive

ADJECTIVE

illustrative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

descriptive emblematic figurative revealing

WEAK

allegorical comparative corroborative delineative diagrammatic exemplifying explicatory expository graphic iconographic illuminative illustrational illustratory imagistic indicative interpretive metaphoric pictorial pictoric representative sample specifying symbolic typical

Antonyms

WEAK

atypical complicated confusing involved

ADJECTIVE

refining

Synonyms

STRONG

civilizing cleaning cultivating distillation elevating focusing honing improving perfecting polishing purifying sharpening

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In that respect, Hemani may prove to be the most clarifying post-Bruen decision yet.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2026

This lone holdout is clarifying: If one index gatekeeper could keep its standards, the others didn’t have to lower theirs.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

The justice department issued a statement clarifying that the addendum "is only with respect to existing audits, not future".

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Reaffirming the act’s antidiscrimination mission while clarifying that courts can’t mandate proportional outcomes needn’t be viewed as a partisan ask.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

I failed to realize that intelligence tests effectively muck with both your past and your future, clarifying a lifetime of bad choices and setting you up for the inevitability of future failure.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

clarifying

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