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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
House Enrolled Act 1408 includes language clarifying parental consent for children under age 16, and age verification requirements for social media companies.
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Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2026
The legislation also clarified that e-bike riders need to follow regular traffic laws and sit only on the permanent, attached seat.
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Idaho Statesman,
3 July 2026
Tesla has not clarified if its semitruck has an automatic emergency braking system.
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Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
The report clarified that 20 years ago, the woman had received a titanium and ceramic hip joint.
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Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
2 July 2026
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Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2026
The legislation also clarified that e-bike riders need to follow regular traffic laws and sit only on the permanent, attached seat.
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Idaho Statesman,
3 July 2026
Tesla has not clarified if its semitruck has an automatic emergency braking system.
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Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
The report clarified that 20 years ago, the woman had received a titanium and ceramic hip joint.
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Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
2 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for clarify
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clarify
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Diseases that damage the kidneys and impair their ability to filter blood were blamed for 55,081 deaths in 2024.
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Afternoon sun floods through the windows, filtered by gauzy curtains.
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Carpino retired in April, without ever explaining what was not right in the organization or, based on the standings, repairing it.
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Davies explains that Provenance adds value, as does good condition, because textiles are particularly unforgiving and easy to damage.
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Across 35 years of international expansion, TAB has continued refining its advisory architecture to reflect evolving leadership pressures.
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Ryan Stephan, acting director of cargo landers for the Moon Base program, said the faster mission cadence will help NASA refine its operations.
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The Pew report illustrates why homeownership is increasingly the province of older Americans, and why first-time buyers seem like a vanishing breed.
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The design and materials of devices such as bone saws, fleams and scarifacators – used to bleed veins and skin surfaces – illustrate the close affinity of humans with other animals.
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Once sufficient displays of submission had been extracted, would the bankrollers of the civic-education movement redirect their largesse back toward places like that?
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Those contracts call for Next Hydrogen to design and deliver an electrolyzer that extracts tritium from heavy water, a critical process for preparing fuel used in future fusion reactors.
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Alnaji was part of a pro-Palestinian group protesting over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and Kessler was demonstrating in support of Israel, authorities have said.
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The resulting bio-char demonstrated a heating value of 29 MJ/kg, meaning that burning 1 kg of the fuel will provide 29 MJ of thermal energy.
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Both players were also fined undisclosed amounts and ejected during the game.
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After the exit, Brown was fined by the NBA for criticizing the refs on his Twitch stream.
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The gateway earns its place where an integration is shared, permissioned, observable or reused across many agents, and buyers should be honest about how much of their tool access clears that bar.
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During first-half stoppage time, Mexicos’ César Montes received the ball inside the six-yard box, but Bellingham cleared what looked like a certain goal.
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“Clarify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clarify. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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