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elaborate

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




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Take, for example, elaborate platters of vegetable crudité, complete with cottage cheese, yellow mustard and a sausage or two.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

At that time, some of the earliest vertebrates evolved an elaborate bony exoskeleton.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Google will protect the ads against AI hallucinations, or false information, with “very strong guardrails,” said Thakur, who declined to elaborate.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Turns out, it was all part of an elaborate fraud scheme that prosecutors say ignored Medicare’s rules for Botox coverage and brazenly fabricated medical records, all to fund the doctor’s lavish lifestyle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Instead of standing by her family—like Dad would have, like Aunt Melissa would have—she devised an elaborate plan to run away.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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