How to Use clarify in a Sentence
clarify
verb- The president was forced to clarify his position on the issue.
- Can you clarify exactly what it is you're proposing?
- The committee clarified the manager's duties.
- Her explanation did not clarify matters much.
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So this is where focus groups can really start to clarify.
— CBS News, 19 Oct. 2022 -
The document that came out today clarified both the above concerns.
— Simi Thambi, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 -
The goal is to clarify and communicate the warning signs and best practices around media and technology.
— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022 -
He’s then launched into fight-or-flight mode, with few opportunities to clarify the haziness and better frame Muncie’s trajectory.
— Alison Herman, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024 -
Clever transitions bridge the two worlds while linking Susan and Pünd, and period costumes help to clarify which world the story is following in each scene.
— Amber Dowling, Variety, 14 Oct. 2022 -
The incident caused many local residents to fear that an attack from the North was underway, and the military didn't clarify the cause of the explosion and flames for hours.
— Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2022 -
Depending on your hair type and scalp health, this could mean reaching for some anti-dandruff conditioner or swapping your clarifying shampoo for a more gentle formula.
— Taylore Glynn, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024 -
In the rest of the city, the new rules are a bid to simply clarify what’s allowed — and where.
— Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023 -
But at the premiere of the movie, the actress made sure to clarify that a stand-in was used for the raunchy scene.
— Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 8 July 2023 -
The army has yet to clarify the causes of those deaths.
— Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024 -
The main critics are around the price and the need to clarify more the program's information.
— Javier Bastardo, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023 -
The firm hadn’t clarified whether Oct. 17 or Oct. 18 marks the official end of the period.
— Bloomberg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023 -
Starr’s comments in AARP aren’t the first time he’s clarified how the two rock stars unearthed and finished the track either.
— Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023 -
Schwartz clarified that three of the songs are entirely new, while the fourth was cut from the 2003 production.
— Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024 -
Again he was asked to clarify the number of workers who had died in the creation of the tournament.
— Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022 -
The measure would clarify sentencing for a felony with a firearm.
— Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2023 -
Some of the changes clarified out-of-date terminology that was still on the books since the last time the rules were updated in 1985.
— Bo Erickson, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2023 -
The state clarified those exceptions on May 2, the day after the six-week ban took effect.
— Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2024 -
Jennifer Harris urged the school to clarify their rules surrounding the use of AI.
— Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2024 -
The remainder of this page helps clarify the details of the above promotion and the necessary steps to claim it.
— cleveland, 20 Nov. 2022 -
Banks clarified that the violation is for failing to report the wasting of the fish.
— Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023 -
Ed and Jovi shook hands, as Yara stepped in to clarify their tell-all interaction.
— Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023 -
For me, fiction has always been a way to clarify and order my feelings and thoughts.
— Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 5 Nov. 2022 -
Update: Revised at 2:03 p.m. Dec. 1 to include the victim's name and clarify the crime he was alleged of.
— Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022 -
This will be further clarified by my using one of the above Star Trek prompting lines that were mentioned in the research study.
— Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024 -
The other side: In response to the joint statement, some of Colorado's top Democrats on Wednesday praised the city for clarifying.
— Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
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