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The research also raises intriguing questions about bacterial evolution, including how such an elaborate defense arose and whether type VI retrons represent an earlier, later, or intermediate stage in the evolution of these immune systems.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
But while the novel is imposing from sheer size alone, the shift in medium lends their elaborate, occasionally exhausting storytelling a curious new potency.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
The elaborate art of painted-wood furniture from in and around present-day Hungary is on display in objects like a richly decorated 19th-century dining set.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
While she refused to elaborate on whether the UK government and royals should pursue slavery reparations, she said the issue would be on the table in St John's.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
I would flip through her botany books to find the perfect one, and we’d go to the craft store together and make an elaborate costume.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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“It’s about our experience as being in the Armenian diaspora and exploring what that means to us,” McCreary elaborates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Here he elaborates, line by lyrical line, on an eloquent poem about social justice by Nikky Finney.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
In a recent essay at Scientific American, leading psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton elaborates:
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2024
Dr Neil Scott, medical adviser to the British Boxing Board of Control and consultant head and neck surgeon elaborates.
From BBC ● May 8, 2024
The meadow lark, with three hundred notes to work with, arranges these in phrases of three to six notes and elaborates fifty types of song.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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Mr. Varadarajan elaborated that Ms. Tisch “has been a prominent administrator in the city since February 2014, when she became the NYPD’s deputy commissioner for information technology.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Davis elaborated further on his role in his 2019 memoir, Compton Street Legend.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
On Friday, the Federal Reserve’s chair, Kevin Warsh, elaborated on his plan to curb inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Dr. Stuart Weiss, a Manhattan endocrinologist, elaborated in an email: “Bigger muscles are not necessarily stronger.”
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
He elaborated on it nine months later during a week of daylong interviews with me in Seoul.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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Putin received the proposals "with understanding", the Kremlin said, without elaborating on what the proposals were or the Russian president's response.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
As many as 200 people with whom she may have had contact were under quarantine, the People of Baikal outlet added, without elaborating.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
They point to management comments that the proposed listing process of Kunlunxin is continuing, without elaborating on the time frame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Our focus remains on finding a sustainable manufacturing solution for Brampton,” the spokeswoman said, without elaborating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“It should’ve never taken this long,” he said, and gave an oblique slap to the lawyers, noting “our system is attorney-driven,” without elaborating.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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