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as in to filter
to remove usually visible impurities from
clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits
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as in to explain
to make plain or understandable
it would help if you could clarify your position for us
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Recent Examples of clarify
In a statement Monday, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said the agency doesn’t comment on pending litigation but clarified that the jail doesn’t use solitary confinement.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
The state Senate unanimously passed a bill last week to clarify that doctors can terminate pregnancies if a woman faces a risk of death that is not imminent.
—Kavitha Surana, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
This article has been updated to reflect the banks where Mohanty has worked, and to clarify the definition of a ROSCA.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 12 May 2025
The February 2024 update to our Terms of Service was intended to clarify how content may interact with AI technologies within SoundCloud’s own platform.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 11 May 2025
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
The state Senate unanimously passed a bill last week to clarify that doctors can terminate pregnancies if a woman faces a risk of death that is not imminent.
—Kavitha Surana, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
This article has been updated to reflect the banks where Mohanty has worked, and to clarify the definition of a ROSCA.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 12 May 2025
The February 2024 update to our Terms of Service was intended to clarify how content may interact with AI technologies within SoundCloud’s own platform.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clarify
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These elements all contribute to a powerful sense of place, which has literally been filtered through a cinephile’s lens.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
18 May 2025
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Beyond the culinary aspect, our olive grove, garden and apiary provide a rare opportunity for guests to directly reconnect with nature at a time when so many experiences are filtered through a digital screen.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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The farm announced via Facebook that its oldest alligator died on Sunday, explaining that Morris lived at the park for 19 years.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
14 May 2025
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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,
14 May 2025
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Identify one region or patient population to start with, measure the impact and refine the model before scaling. 5.—
Thanh Pham,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Here are nine classic nail polish shades that are as chic as they are refined, to be worn wherever, whenever, and with whatever.—
Jeanne Ballion,
Vogue,
15 May 2025
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The episode, which sent shock waves through the global economy, illustrated a broader pattern in which the president has rushed to implement unconventional or extreme policies also outlined in Project 2025.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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The collection illustrates the LVERS philosophy at the core of the Louis Vuitton Studio Prêt-à-Porter Homme: the values and discernment that bind together its global community from Paris to Miami and everywhere in between, according to a press release by the house.—
Karissa Mitchell,
Essence,
9 May 2025
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Like a professional, Blue Ivy carefully extracted the hair from her earring as swiftly as possible, even hitting a few moves with her while sorting out the wardrobe malfunction.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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Royalty rates paid by companies to extract oil, gas and coal would be cut, reversing Biden’s attempts to curb fossil fuels to help address climate change.—
Kevin Freking,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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The ability for adversaries to store histories of events that never actually occurred directly into an LLM’s memory database was demonstrated last year.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2025
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If everything old really is new again, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Lehigh Valley, Fairfax Industrial District and Hazelwood Green are some of the best examples, demonstrating what’s possible when fresh innovation takes root within legacy manufacturing sites.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Critics suggested that Johnson timed the announcement to distract from the fact that he’d just been fined for attending a party in defiance of his own COVID restrictions, though the policy had been months in the making.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
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In at least two other states, Musk’s companies have run afoul of regulators and have been cited or fined for allegedly breaking environmental rules — Tesla in California, and SpaceX and The Boring Co. in Texas.—
Stephanie Gosk,
NBC news,
15 May 2025
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Adames padded that lead in the fifth inning with the 155th home run of his career, a two-run shot that barely cleared the left-field fence and extended the Giants’ lead to 6-3.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
13 May 2025
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The pause sent the refugee resettlement agencies into turmoil as refugees already cleared to arrive in the U.S. received notice their flights had been cancelled.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
12 May 2025
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“Clarify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clarify. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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