enlarge (on or upon)

as in to expand
to express more fully and in greater detail in your complaint, don't just say that your neighbor has been harassing you; enlarge on what you mean by that

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Verb
  • Abu Shabab’s social media presence, along with slick videos and fluent English commentary, has expanded.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
  • The work taps into an expanding debate about how biological evolution fits within the normal framework of science.
    Philip Ball, Wired News, 8 June 2025
Verb
  • Doel was Corman’s right-hand, writing scripts, developing scripts with other scribes, coordinating projects in production and serving as script supervisor on location.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 31 May 2025
  • However, earlier this week, the Trump administration canceled a $766 million agreement with Moderna that was dedicated to developing vaccines for potential pandemic influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
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  • One such model is the external control arm (ECA), which leverages real-world data (RWD) to supplement or replace control groups, especially when enrolling patients in placebo arms is impractical or ethically complex.
    Sujay Jadhav, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • Although less snow fell this year, the lake reached its full capacity when the winter snowpack started to melt and supplemented its levels.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
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“Enlarge (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlarge%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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