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

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

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