1
as in items
a separate part in a list, account, or series
every detail was accounted for
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as in facts
a single piece of information
didn't leave out a single detail in his police report on the burglary
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as in detachments
a small military unit with a special task or function
the officer sent out a detail to patrol the perimeter of the compound
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as in jobs
a specific task with which a person or group is charged
the soldier was placed on guard detail at the border crossing
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as in names
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
the new assistant was detailed to accompany the boss on the business trip
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as in lists
to specify one after another
detailed all of the reasons that the plan was a bad idea
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Recent Examples of details
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
Another document details exactly how to create a Patriot Front banner – down to how to tie the knots affixing the canvas.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 4 June 2026
That focus on historical details, research, and how the visual effects could bring out real, tactile details allowed Maximore, Noska, and the entire VFX team to support the story, too, at critical moments.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
Russian authorities said only that the Ukrainian drone strike targeted the city’s infrastructure, without providing further details.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
Information encoded in vocal systems could reveal useful details about stress levels that could help improve the welfare of farm and lab animals without invasive procedures such as blood tests.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
While details on specific efficiency gains remain limited, the company views hybrid systems as key to lowering emissions.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
Authorities have not released the names of those involved, details about the extent of injuries or why DPS was in pursuit of the suspect.
—Nathalie Marie Palacios, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Those subtle details make a huge difference in both worlds.
—Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
One floor up, the museum details Obama's first presidential campaign, including the bruising primary election.
—Tamara Keith, NPR, 4 June 2026
Winfrey will narrate the center’s campus guide, which details the building of the 19-acre campus and its roots in the neighborhood.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
The roadshow details a handful of future targets by an unspecified date, including lifting gross margins to around 70% from 49% last year and generate a roughly 45% net income margin, versus negative 26% last year.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
The film, which details her life in Tehran as the willful daughter of intellectual Marxists, is a reminder that Iranians are just like everyone else, Satrapi told The Associated Press in a 2007 interview in Cannes.
—ABC News, 4 June 2026
My own book details the consequential events at a place called Fort Monroe in Virginia that led directly to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and the end of American slavery.
—Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Your book details how our ancestral species left the safety of sleeping in trees for the dangerous ground as a result of shelter, fire and social sleeping.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 1 June 2026
In the room, a welcome letter details the latest aircraft on the apron being produced by Boeing.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Noun
Les Airelles Courchevel’s Hans Anderson details were crafted in the 1990s, avoiding the cold corridors and austere, dusty libraries of centuries-old country houses.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
Another document details exactly how to create a Patriot Front banner – down to how to tie the knots affixing the canvas.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 4 June 2026
That focus on historical details, research, and how the visual effects could bring out real, tactile details allowed Maximore, Noska, and the entire VFX team to support the story, too, at critical moments.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
Russian authorities said only that the Ukrainian drone strike targeted the city’s infrastructure, without providing further details.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
Information encoded in vocal systems could reveal useful details about stress levels that could help improve the welfare of farm and lab animals without invasive procedures such as blood tests.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
While details on specific efficiency gains remain limited, the company views hybrid systems as key to lowering emissions.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
Authorities have not released the names of those involved, details about the extent of injuries or why DPS was in pursuit of the suspect.
—Nathalie Marie Palacios, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Those subtle details make a huge difference in both worlds.
—Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Verb
The film, which details her life in Tehran as the willful daughter of intellectual Marxists, is a reminder that Iranians are just like everyone else, Satrapi told the Associated Press in a 2007 interview in Cannes.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
One floor up, the museum details Obama's first presidential campaign, including the bruising primary election.
—Tamara Keith, NPR, 4 June 2026
Winfrey will narrate the center’s campus guide, which details the building of the 19-acre campus and its roots in the neighborhood.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
The roadshow details a handful of future targets by an unspecified date, including lifting gross margins to around 70% from 49% last year and generate a roughly 45% net income margin, versus negative 26% last year.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
The film, which details her life in Tehran as the willful daughter of intellectual Marxists, is a reminder that Iranians are just like everyone else, Satrapi told The Associated Press in a 2007 interview in Cannes.
—ABC News, 4 June 2026
My own book details the consequential events at a place called Fort Monroe in Virginia that led directly to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and the end of American slavery.
—Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Your book details how our ancestral species left the safety of sleeping in trees for the dangerous ground as a result of shelter, fire and social sleeping.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 1 June 2026
In the room, a welcome letter details the latest aircraft on the apron being produced by Boeing.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for details
Noun
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Council members authorized Dunning to bring back to them an additional proposal to dip into reserve funds to pay for a group of public safety programs, like downtown police foot patrols, police community and youth engagement efforts, overtime for training for fire department staff and other items.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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Amazon's fall sale is also a great time to start your holiday shopping before popular items start to sell out.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
Noun
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And to hope that—beyond the science, the facts and calculations—some small fraction of that sense of awe and wonder also made it into the book.—
Alexandra Oliva
June 1,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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Rather, the facts ground the fiction, the fiction enlivens the facts, and both work together to suggest that the pursuit of resurrecting the past and the pursuit of telling a good story can, in some cases, be one and the same.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Noun
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His career spanned roles as Naval Security Group detachments in Japan and San Diego.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2026
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Additional police resources were deployed to the area from neighboring detachments, along with the North District Emergency Response Team.—
Alexandra Koch , Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The plan both helps train entry-level workers to be substance use counselors, case managers and community health workers and also offers zero-interest forgivable loans to workers already in those jobs.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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The April jobs report came in well ahead of consensus, reflecting the resilience of the economy in the face of rising oil prices and Iran war uncertainty.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,Zev Fima,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
Verb
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Dubbed the Velvet Gang, the trio snatches the overpriced, often monochromatic fashion threads designed by Christie Smith (Demi Moore, in a performance of comedic genius), a pretentious piece of work who stations herself in a leaning building (wink, win to San Francisco there).—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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Instead, Boston stations him away from the basketball, the keeper of the weak side, free to flick away passes, kill screening actions with switches and, somehow, block shots.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Letter writer names the cost of the ticket, new outfit and babysitter, but unmarried friend has other accounting in mind.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
2 June 2026
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Anyone who names a work-life boundary gets marked as less committed or passed over for stretch opportunities.—
Teresa Hopke,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Verb
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His biography on the FHFA site lists career experience in housing and philanthropy, but none in intelligence.—
Danielle Kurtzleben,
NPR,
2 June 2026
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The University of Missouri-Kansas City Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology lists Proctor as an assistant teaching professor.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Jonathan liked to drop in on patients, ask how things were going.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Kenny is going through her things and counts 26 black T-shirts.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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