- present tense form of explain (3rd person singular).
explains
Example Sentences
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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
Dr Ranj explains when sweating becomes excessive, what can help, and how treatments like Botox may support some people in feeling more comfortable and confident in warmer weather.
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
Abuela explains, “I should say, I was born in Turkey. I left for Cuba when I was twelve and never returned to Turkey, never saw my mother and father and my two sisters again.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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