elaboration

Example Sentences

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“No,” he said without hesitation or further elaboration.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

In her introduction, the translator Anne McKnight presents “Long Take” as an elaboration on “Something Like an Autobiography,” the filmmaker’s 1981 memoir.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Lilly did not respond to a request for elaboration on the point.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

“We had surveillance operations,” Kinch said, without elaboration.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

The place was put together, given life, sustained into today’s version of its maturity and prepared for further elaboration and changes in its complexity, by what can only be described as a bunch of people.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas