elaboration

Example Sentences

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Little elaboration is necessary regarding the Miracle Mets of ’69.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 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

My response to “how’s work” has often dwindled to a simple “fine,” without much elaboration.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2024

Originally, in the time of prebiotic elaboration of peptides and nucleotides from inorganic ingredients in the water on the earth, there was nothing to shield out ultraviolet radiation except the water itself.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas