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Recent Examples of clarify The rapper also said on the stand that Combs broke into his home and locked his dog in a bathroom, clarifying that Combs blew up his vehicle in another alleged incident. Jay Stahl, USA Today, 23 May 2025 This story has been updated to clarify CapRadio used the tower to transmit its news feed and to clarify KVIE has requested third-party rent from CapRadio. Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025 The former Death Row Records label head broke his silence about the allegations and clarified his perspective of the night. Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 23 May 2025 The New Moon in Gemini invites you to clarify your values and the rhythms that keep you grounded. Colin Bedell, Them., 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for clarify
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  • There is no sunscreen that filters 100% of the sun's rays, so SPF 30 is sufficient.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 May 2025
  • The number of No. 1 albums that Hybe’s record-shattering boy band BTS has landed on the U.S. Billboard 200 STRATEGY + SUCCESS Nearly all hiring managers now use AI, resulting in many applicants getting filtered out before a human even looks at their résumé.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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  • But in the late 19th century, Finkelstein explained, women who'd worked as nurses during the Civil War, even though not part of the Union or Confederate armies, lobbied for and won the right to be buried at Arlington.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 May 2025
  • Television ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2: What to know, new characters, episodes explained May 23, 2025 What the hell just happened?
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
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  • Once exclusively focused on hardware design, medical device companies today are expanding their thinking to incorporate consumer requests into software updates that refine functionality and introduce new features.
    Ross Meyercord, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Students will also receive qualitative feedback from FSF adjunct faculty partners within 48 business hours of each assignment submission, helping students improve and refine their ideas ahead of the competition deadline.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
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  • Els took a South African passport from his jacket pocket to illustrate his pride in his country.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • The capacity to misdirect, in Biden’s case, or mislead, as happened under Trump, illustrates one of the magical features of the White House: the ability of a president to conceal himself in plain sight.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
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  • This is creating new opportunities to extract and reuse valuable raw materials, lessening Europe’s reliance on external sources.
    Marianne Lehnis, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Federal planning records show that extracting the deposit would over the course of several decades turn Oak Flat — which the Apache call Chí’chil Bildagoteel — into a nearly two-mile-wide, 1,000-foot-deep industrial crater.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
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  • Netflix’s dark comedy is full of drama, romance and the bonds of sisterhood Comments Sirens demonstrates that wanting more in life while staying true to oneself might be easier said than done.
    Francesca Gariano, People.com, 24 May 2025
  • In November 2024, Russia demonstrated the capabilities of its own hypersonic missile with an attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, going on television shortly afterwards to boast about the weapons capabilities.
    Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
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  • In 2021, the NFL fined the Washington Commanders $10 million and removed Dan Snyder from day-to-day operations after a toxic workplace culture came to light.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 31 May 2025
  • Adrian Dennis/Getty Images What To Know Passengers who unbuckle, stand, or begin retrieving their luggage before the aircraft has come to a full stop on the tarmac could be fined up to $70, according to Turkish media.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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  • Issa's bill has cleared the House, while Grassley's has yet to advance.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 26 May 2025
  • More big stories In post-fire milestone, Pacific Coast Highway reopens, clearing a traffic bottleneck.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025

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“Clarify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clarify. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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