explication
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Mr. Richardson’s explication of these sui generis novels is astute and highly welcome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Estados Unidos Mexicanos thwart case-by-case determination of PLCAA’s applicability, a process that promotes careful explication of the law.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025
But you can just as easily read it as a lucid explication of Rousseau’s ideas about human nature, or as a slippery narrative told by a not-quite-reliable narrator who’s trying to get away with murder.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024
She followed that with a second surprise song similarly awash in explication: "Lana Del Rey put out a new album today," she said.
From Salon • Oct. 13, 2023
I continue my explication of tubers, bulbs, and legumes, as if nothing has happened.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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Vocabulary lists containing explication
Challenge, List 9
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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Love's Labour's Lost
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