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clarify

[klar-uh-fahy] / ˈklær əˌfaɪ /




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Corinne Mills, joint managing director of Personal Career Management, says that it can be worth asking an interviewer to clarify any weird questions, perhaps by repeating the question back to them.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Others are carefully mentioning the offer on their updated résumés to clarify to recruiters why they are looking for positions on short notice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Language would be simplified to clarify that the same rules apply for mayoral candidates and Board of Education candidates, except in certain instances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

"While this work introduces some enhancements, much of it is intended to strengthen, clarify and build on the procedures and support already in place."

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“But you do still get angry,” I clarify.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

But though I often wanted a Shostakovich-like register of horror and farce, I was more bothered by something the opera never clarifies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Or maybe it wasn’t hard to write but it was hard to get to,” she clarifies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The proposed regulations unveiled this week “really clarifies a lot of what employers were waiting for,” said Dorian Smith, leader of Mercer’s law and policy practice.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

“All right, one per calendar year,” he clarifies.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

New excavations have clarified the existence of a multi-phase ditch, rampart and wall built across a narrow section of the Oued Beht ridge between the river and a ravine.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

But annual reports record far lower totals, among the opaque details activists wanted clarified.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Burch accused Weber of “knowingly” contributing the illegal marijuana deal and clarified that the anchor and Taylor had no professional or personal ties beyond matters of co-parenting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Leiters later clarified at a company meeting that there were no new rules, but that staff should dress appropriately for the occasion, particularly when representing the brand at public events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Perhaps not at the park itself,” Mrs. Stanford clarified.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

State-owned media had earlier reported 120 people were wounded, without clarifying the degree of injury.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Within 15 minutes, Ukraine's Air Force issued a statement saying the alert app had been compromised and clarifying there was no radiation threat.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The system then worked, with Alaska courts clarifying the ballot, Sen. Sullivan using the spoiler as an argument against Peltola in the campaign, and the media uncovering what had happened.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

Meanwhile, at the high end: Sweetgreen is clarifying pricing when customers create their own bowls or salads to avoid surprising people with big totals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

But it was just a matter of clarifying certain things in my previous statements.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus


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