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elaborate

[ih-lab-er-it, ih-lab-uh-reyt] / ɪˈlæb ər ɪt, ɪˈlæb əˌreɪt /




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The games became known for their morally complex characters and elaborate world-building.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

The governor said he had discussed the issue with Milliken but did not elaborate.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Hamed was one of British boxing's biggest stars during the 1990s, combining an entertaining fighting style with elaborate ring entrances and a larger-than-life character.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

She once filmed herself plating an elaborate dessert—a petit gâteau in the shape of a Christmas ornament from the Miami bakery Bachour—only to have it slip off her spatula and break.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

“Edda,” I introduced myself, wondering somehow if this was all really happening, or whether exhaustion from my travels was causing an elaborate hallucination.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Of the new album, one of its highlights is the buoyant corrido “Terca,” which elaborates on a short story in the memoir about Venegas’ move to Mexico City.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026

When questioned on this by her guest, Queer Eye's Tan France, she elaborates on what she likes to cook.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2025

“Face to Face” elaborates on this possible evidence as well as leads Peterson and his supporters claim paint a different picture from that which the prosecution used to secure Peterson’s conviction.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2024

"In our devices, electrons propagate in two opposite directions within the same nanoscale space and without scattering," Dr Barrier elaborates.

From Science Daily Apr. 24, 2024

The meadow lark, with three hundred notes to work with, arranges these in phrases of three to six notes and elaborates fifty types of song.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Dr. Stuart Weiss, a Manhattan endocrinologist, elaborated in an email: “Bigger muscles are not necessarily stronger.”

From Slate Jul. 16, 2026

Hamilton also elaborated on a remark he had made after his win in Barcelona about having incurred an injury at the track last year.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Netanyahu elaborated on Israel's security concerns in his post.

From Barron's Mar. 29, 2026

Bob Elliott, CEO of Unlimited Funds, elaborated on this point in a post on X.

From MarketWatch Mar. 23, 2026

Newtonianism was thus only conceivable within a culture which had elaborated and become dependent upon the argument from design.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

They point to management comments that the proposed listing process of Kunlunxin is continuing, without elaborating on the time frame.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

"It's a difficult situation," she said, adding that the US federal government was "helping us out", without elaborating.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

The Texas senator similarly held a private meeting with Blanche, a conversation he described simply as “positive,” without elaborating which direction he’s leaning on Blanche’s confirmation.

From Slate Jul. 9, 2026

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said Thursday in a written statement that he had approved the deal despite having a "different view", without elaborating.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

And when April and Melanie started tossing the idea back and forth, decorating and elaborating the way they always did, it Worked just the way it was supposed to.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder




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