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explanation
noun as in clarification; reason
Strongest matches
account, answer, cause, comment, commentary, confession, definition, description, evidence, example, excuse, expression, information, interpretation, justification, meaning, motive, note, report, resolution, sense, statement, story, summary
Strong matches
annotation, breakdown, brief, demonstration, details, display, elucidation, explication, exposition, gloss, history, illustration, mitigation, narration, recital, rendition, showing, significance, specification, tale, talking, telling, vindication, writing
Example Sentences
According to their explanation, this change enhances electrostatic "screening," making it more difficult for the molecules to find each other and form clusters.
But the government has shifted its visa service from evisa.gov.so to etas.gov.so, without providing an official explanation.
But there’s an explanation for the selling that has slowly, quietly emerged: Investors’ hopes for a December interest-rate cut have faded.
And it’s here that “Keeper” starts to unravel, the arrestingly pristine visuals and hypnotic rhythms giving way to contrived explanations.
City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo did not immediately respond to a Times email asking for an explanation.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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