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  • present tense form of explain (3rd person singular).

explains



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"We discovered that deleting Mitch led to a major drop in fats in membranes," Gross explains.

From Science Daily • Jul. 3, 2026

During the video, Smith explains that processing the news as a family has been "really hard" and that she is posting less online as a result.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

An advisor with the culinary program, Amy Quazza, thinks "we kind of drift back to tradition when things are untethered or feeling untethered," which explains the renewed appeal of old-economy trades.

From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026

And as Wood explains in his great book, “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” these ideas would spread and unleash the republican spirit of free men and women who built America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

“The panda reintroduction program began in 2003 with a team made up of researchers from many fields, including ecology, behavioral science,veterinary, and feeding management,” explains Suzanne Braden of Pandas International.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh



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