make explicit

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This March, the judiciary revised its regulations to make explicit that private jet travel must be disclosed because transportation is not covered by the personal hospitality exemption.

From Salon • Oct. 5, 2023

“They have to make explicit that one way or the other, the U.S. regulatory system will make sure your deposits are safe in any federally regulated institution,” he said.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2023

But Berg had the last word with his Allegro appassionato, seeming to make explicit the pervasive yearning of Schubert and take its Romantic sentiment to a breaking point.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

As if to make explicit his threat of legal action against school personnel, he copied his letter to the chief of the state police.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2022

The first person to make explicit the idea of a large—indeed, an infinite—number of other worlds in orbit about other suns seems to have been Giordano Bruno.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan