clarify
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But that may prove difficult, as pressure grows on the league to clarify exactly who is eligible to play.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
She said information disseminated by local organizations and churches has helped to clarify things.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
These methods allowed them to observe the cell-inspired processes and clarify the Z-scheme heterojunction-based photocatalytic mechanism responsible for the reaction.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
I asked the Treasury Department to clarify, but it declined to comment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
He wanted to clarify, to channel Toby for a moment and say something smooth.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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Locke, 22, jokes that a lot of the time people are just handed producer credits, but clarifies "we actually put some effort in and took it seriously".
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
But, he quickly clarifies, “at the same time, it’s very much an ensemble show.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The bill, which clarifies the regulatory structure around digital assets, is making slow progress through Congress.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Barnaby clarifies that he wants her to forge . . . her way . . . through this little difficulty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
“When you stayed at the lightning tree, and she and Johanna Mason took the coil of wire down to the water,” Caesar clarifies.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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Cornell University has clarified that its dorm kitchens are for cooking food — not butchering bears.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Arday clarified to the Guardian newspaper the that £5 million fundraising for charity was done by a group of people over two decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Approximately 1,000 prisoners will now not be released early following the revision to the scheme, he clarified.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Ohtani, who led off Tuesday’s 7-6 loss to the Seattle Mariners with a home run, clarified the origins of his knee problem and shared an estimate of where it’s at strength-wise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
And at this point no case law has fully clarified whether you own or have the right to control your tissues.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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Powers also responded to surveillance concerns by clarifying that his company’s software only blocks the printer from making prohibited parts — it doesn’t flag them to authorities or log users’ intellectual property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
The agency is said to be considering clarifying its guidance, although analysts don’t expect the government to block these transactions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
At the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains in France, Trump and Meloni were photographed deep in conversation on a sofa, and Italian officials spoke of a "clarifying discussion".
From BBC ● 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 monkey brought him slowly to his ear, and Mrs. Coulter felt a tiny stream of understanding flow into her mind, clarifying the girl’s words.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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