elaboration
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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
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
Beulah served us without elaboration, bringing and taking plates.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Vocabulary lists containing elaboration
Common Core Grades 7–8, List 3
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Common Core Grade 6, List 3
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Common Core Grades 9–10, List 3
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