explication
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Mr. Richardson’s explication of these sui generis novels is astute and highly welcome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Estados Unidos Mexicanos thwart case-by-case determination of PLCAA’s applicability, a process that promotes careful explication of the law.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025
But you can just as easily read it as a lucid explication of Rousseau’s ideas about human nature, or as a slippery narrative told by a not-quite-reliable narrator who’s trying to get away with murder.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024
More extensive explication is available via the reliable "Star Wars" online encyclopedia of your choice.
From Salon • Aug. 23, 2023
The study of philosophy was thus seen as a preparation for the study of theology because both disciplines were concerned with the explication of authoritative texts.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing explication
Challenge, List 9
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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Love's Labour's Lost
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