expound
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A man who was, until the early hours of Friday, a mayor hasn't had much reason to expound in public on foreign affairs, for example.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
The company is set to expound on the results at Qubits 2026, a two-day conference at the end of January.
From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026
“I therefore deprecate attempts to expound Wittgenstein’s thought as a finished thing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
Madison that "it is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. Those who apply the rule to particular cases must, of necessity, expound and interpret the rule."
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2025
This is the only one of his latest ideas I can trust myself to expound, at the moment.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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It begins in a dim restaurant, glasses of wine giving off a burnished glow as the professor protagonist expounds on memory and the workings of the brain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Epictetus, another influential Stoic philosopher, expounds on the idea of authenticity and resistance to conformity in his "Discourses."
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024
“Yeah I get nerdy excited about it,” says Clarke as she expounds on the magic that happens both on and behind the stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
Lopez Obrador, who expounds on the virtues of a non-interventionist foreign policy, said his plan involves the creation of a "mediation committee" that includes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, U.N.
From Reuters ● Sep. 12, 2022
He never expounds on education theory or education reform.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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In those meetings, he expounded on his pyramid of success, from team-building lessons to attention to detail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
"I'm extremely tired and I am irate that this word 'deliberate' keeps being expounded in this courtroom," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025
The question of whether Native Americans were subject to United States governance was further expounded upon in 1886, with the Supreme Court ruling in United States v.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025
She has not expounded on the comment, but has appeared to suggest that fracking can continue because other efforts can help clean up or preserve the environment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024
His system, as expounded in his thirteen-volume opus The Almagest, had much influence both in Europe and in the Islamic world, and was later adopted as dogma by the Catholic Church.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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Since then, I’ve spent more than 40 years researching and expounding the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2025
Real-life sportswriters, who many no longer read, expounding real-life opinions became a novelty.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2025
Tanton kindles a small fire of twigs inside a metal pitcher, while expounding for the camera about ecology and overpopulation.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024
“No,” Servais said, trying to be stubborn before laughing and expounding.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Failure to contain Pauling might result in a London press conference with Linus expounding peaceful coexistence.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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Vocabulary lists containing expound
To Kill a Mockingbird
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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