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[dih-tayl, dee-tayl, dih-tayl, dee-tayl] / dɪˈteɪl, ˈdi teɪl, dɪˈteɪl, ˈdi teɪl /






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Jon Hilsenrath, a former WSJ Fed reporter who now runs Serpa Pinto Advisory, notes that under Chairman Kevin Warsh, the minutes have continued to shrink and lose detail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Judge Maurice Greene said: "That statement is a long statement and that has been disclosed to all defence counsel and it contains a lot of detail."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The state report lays out data in detail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Researchers can observe living cells and tissues directly at a level of detail that cannot currently be achieved inside the human body.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

Prisoners on kitchen detail lugged in great buckets of gruel made of wheat and peas, tasteless but nourishing.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The BBC understands a government meeting next week will provide further details to local authorities about this funding.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The details about Hammami indicate that he had a sustained focus on Israel and had engaged in a degree of long-term planning ahead of the attack last week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

During the investigation, details emerged about the club watching training sessions involving Oxford and Ipswich, in addition to filming Middlesbrough as they prepared for the first leg of their play-off semi-final.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The U.S. has warned Moscow that its failure to disclose details about the death violates international health obligations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

We notice small details that we like or don’t like.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Major South Korean companies tend to release previews of their earnings to advise investors ahead of more detailed reports.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Advanced X-ray techniques at the Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC, combined with state-of-the-art quantum chemistry calculations and molecular dynamics simulations, provided an unusually detailed view.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

In Beatles scholar Kevin Howlett’s detailed account of the making of the album, presented here in a tastefully illustrated 88-page hardback book, one of the unsung heroes of the record is Hazel Yarwood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Cornell said that Sally Yates, who served as deputy US attorney general from 2015 to 2017 and briefly led the Justice Department, would conduct a "detailed review" of the university's response to the rape allegations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

It is a detailed code with instructions on how to retrieve Courage’s online capabilities.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

It also said that Amazon had the most energy-efficient data centers and will publish annual reports detailing its utility usage and efficiency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Mike Tomlin’s YouTube video detailing his labor of love of more than a decade is well on its way to a million views in less than 24 hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Islamabad confirmed "planned and calibrated" strikes in Afghanistan, without detailing locations, which it said targeted militants.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

He explained this by detailing various interactions with teammates, coaches, team executives, and even sports agents.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026

The coffee shop had a pink sign detailing their evening specials of cinnamon rolls and frothy coffee drinks.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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