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as in clarifying
to make plain or understandable
a pamphlet that explains the medical procedure in language that any layperson can understand
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as in justifying
to give the reason for or cause of
can you explain your very odd behavior at the wedding reception?
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Recent Examples of explaining
The company has not issued a press release explaining the issue and an email was not immediately returned, Associated Press reported.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
The Dolphins still have a 12 percent chance of making the playoffs, but Calais Campbell was in the locker room Sunday explaining how he might be released to sign with a contender once the postseason elimination becomes official.
—Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Now, the YouTuber has broken his silence — in a 21-minute video uploaded to his side channel with 272,000 subscribers that only spends around two minutes explaining his recent absence from the internet.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2024
This analysis of an innovative AI breakthrough is part of my ongoing Forbes column coverage on the latest in AI including identifying and explaining various impactful AI complexities (see the link here).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
About The Daily Money Each weekday, The Daily Money delivers the best consumer and financial news from USA TODAY, breaking down complex events, providing the TLDR version, and explaining how everything from Fed rate changes to bankruptcies impacts you.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
These tools, called figures of speech, are valuable for evoking emotions, explaining important concepts and improving our relationships with others.
—Liz Guthridge, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
This analysis of an innovative AI advancement is part of my ongoing Forbes column coverage on the latest in AI including identifying and explaining various impactful AI complexities (see the link here).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Regional patterns suggest that adhering to traditional gender roles likely also plays a significant role in explaining these gender differences.
—Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
The Dolphins still have a 12 percent chance of making the playoffs, but Calais Campbell was in the locker room Sunday explaining how he might be released to sign with a contender once the postseason elimination becomes official.
—Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Now, the YouTuber has broken his silence — in a 21-minute video uploaded to his side channel with 272,000 subscribers that only spends around two minutes explaining his recent absence from the internet.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2024
This analysis of an innovative AI breakthrough is part of my ongoing Forbes column coverage on the latest in AI including identifying and explaining various impactful AI complexities (see the link here).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
About The Daily Money Each weekday, The Daily Money delivers the best consumer and financial news from USA TODAY, breaking down complex events, providing the TLDR version, and explaining how everything from Fed rate changes to bankruptcies impacts you.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
These tools, called figures of speech, are valuable for evoking emotions, explaining important concepts and improving our relationships with others.
—Liz Guthridge, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
This analysis of an innovative AI advancement is part of my ongoing Forbes column coverage on the latest in AI including identifying and explaining various impactful AI complexities (see the link here).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Regional patterns suggest that adhering to traditional gender roles likely also plays a significant role in explaining these gender differences.
—Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for explaining
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In addition to suggestions focused on simplifying and clarifying the process, including preclearance, the Section recommended the Service make the Streamlined Procedures permanent.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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To fix that, bills were introduced in the Senate and House judiciary committees this year clarifying the language, while also ensuring cases can be sped up by expanding eligibility to all district courts in the 4th Circuit Court jurisdiction instead of just the one federal court in North Carolina.Brad Dress, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
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Following Assad’s fall, Israel has expanded its presence beyond the Golan Heights, occupying areas deeper inside Syria and justifying the move by citing security concerns.Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
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Prince Andrew, the British King’s brother who stood back from public life following his disastrous TV interview justifying his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, is in the crosshairs of another scandal concerning his friendship with a man accused of being a Chinese spy.Caroline Frost, Deadline, 14 Dec. 2024
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Automakers including Ford, Honda and Volkswagen have already aligned their production with California's standards, illustrating the industry's gradual shift toward greener technologies.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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The pairing of blue curacao with cream creates a smooth, frosted blue color, illustrating the cooler colors of the season.Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Dec. 2024
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Through technology and entrepreneurship, these organizations are demonstrating that collaboration is possible even in in the midst of war.Hessie Jones, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Since our purpose is to measure the cutting edge, the tasks must allow for demonstrating truly impressive capabilities.Lukas Petersson, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The exact cause of their disappearance remains a matter of debate, with experts often attributing it to a combination of early Clovis society hunting and climatic changes.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2024
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Some joked about the difficulty of attributing motivation to Mangione in an era of increasingly in-the-weeds online subcultures.Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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Simpler disclosures would replace a pile of documents (with lots of signatures and things to keep track of) with much less paper or pixels, thus simplifying and reducing the cost of transactions.Joshua Stein, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Their goals mostly involve deregulation, from keeping a hands off approach to crypto currency to simplifying Pentagon procurement regulations.William Hartung, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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How has your way of interpreting characters changed over the years?Federica Polidoro, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2024
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Caroline Ransom Williams brought Egypt to the people, organizing and interpreting the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Egyptian collection as well as developing new copying techniques for use in the field.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
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Listeners who are all too familiar with Columbine, Sandy Hook, and Uvalde might nonetheless find illuminating Long Shadow’s examination of the political backdrop to these tragedies.Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
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The results are illuminating, if also unnerving.Judy Berman, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Explaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explaining. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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