spell out

Example Sentences

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“This is a letter that really spells out precisely what they want done, what the consequences are if they don’t get what they want,”Levin said in another interview with CNN.

From Los Angeles Times

Sterner tests will await world number 13 Draper, who is ranked 300 places above Durasovic, but he will be relieved to have rattled through a convincing win after a long spell out.

From BBC

I spelled out MAN from the letters visible on the side of the boat.

From Literature

A joint fact sheet outlining the accord—which didn’t spell out a timeline for legislative approval—arrived in November.

From The Wall Street Journal

He typed in the formula again, this time adding an E between the structure for sulfur and nitrogen so it spelled out C191H173O21S5EN3.

From Literature