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clarify

[klar-uh-fahy] / ˈklær əˌfaɪ /




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They must update and clarify federal regulators’ standards for reviewing bank mergers to account for innovative fintech providers and others, such as crypto companies and payment processors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

He promised to "find consensus" on an option to clarify the UK's position, although did not offer further detail of how this would be measured.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Asked to clarify if the 20 percent cuts had been completed or were still ongoing, the Pentagon said: "We have nothing further to provide beyond the secretary's comments."

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Sunday’s result helped clarify the Dodgers’ once-muddy playoff picture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

“Me, too,” Dede said, and then to clarify, “Tell him I said hello, too.”

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

The final version — which has Beutner’s approval — clarifies that small schools or small school districts can pool their money to share an arts teacher, provided that every school gets the additional arts instruction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

It’s not that the clothes were ever disappointing, she clarifies — it’s just that the anticipation was such a big part of the process.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 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

“This legal document acts as a cohabitation property agreement and clarifies finances to avoid lawsuits over issues like California cohabitation law alimony,” the law firm adds.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026

“Interfering with you or your opponent,” her father clarifies.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

In a follow-up call, she clarified that her division checks only to be sure the building has passed inspections specifically for a school.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Until she clarified that she was talking about James Blunt, not Acaster.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

In the end, the administration clarified that the fee would only apply to new applicants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The answer that finally clarified what I’d been seeing came a few minutes later.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

As the novel developed over the next year, and as my own ideas clarified, it became apparent that the chapter had no proper home in the larger narrative.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

Waller, the assistant police chief, also detailed how police were — and weren’t — using their cameras, including clarifying that vehicles, not people, are tracked.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

While no law explicitly enshrines a person's voice in Japan, the justice ministry published legally non-binding guidelines last month clarifying its protection under existing rights.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Much of the criticism has been focused on a perceived lack of context since there is almost no wall text clarifying why certain curatorial choices were made.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

By clarifying what the inductive effect does and how far it extends, the researchers hope other influences on molecular behavior can also be understood more accurately.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 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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