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elaboration

[ih-lab-uh-rey-shuhn] / ɪˌlæb əˈreɪ ʃən /
NOUN
illustration
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Thomas Crow’s “Murder in the Rue Marat” is a granular account of the making of a masterpiece and a personal elaboration on its afterlife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

“We want it back,” he said without further elaboration.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

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

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

It does not seek the new, but demands endless repetition of the same themes, merely with greater elaboration, gaudier technical effects and greater expense.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

Beulah served us without elaboration, bringing and taking plates.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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