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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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Advertisement But hours later, Williams sent out an email clarifying that the process should be open to the public and no credentials or badges were needed.
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Kate Brumback and Jeff Amy, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
Brandon Gomes, a former pitcher who is now L.A.’s general manager, clarified the nomenclature.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Biden and the White House quickly sought to clarify that Biden was referencing Hinchcliffe specifically.
—Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2024
The Trump campaign tried to divert criticism by clarifying Trump’s statements and labeling it another attack from the Democratic candidate.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
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Kate Brumback and Jeff Amy, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
Brandon Gomes, a former pitcher who is now L.A.’s general manager, clarified the nomenclature.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Biden and the White House quickly sought to clarify that Biden was referencing Hinchcliffe specifically.
—Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2024
The Trump campaign tried to divert criticism by clarifying Trump’s statements and labeling it another attack from the Democratic candidate.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
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But wait times stayed well under an hour statewide in the morning and early afternoon, even as a steady stream of voters filtered through voting locations.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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The Sprague's wetlands once filtered out phosphorus that acts as a free buffet for blue-green algae to proliferate in Upper Klamath Lake.Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Abramovitch explained how Swift could have been an exception to this rule because her career in both country and pop music gives her fans on both sides of the American political divide.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Elena Ferrante explains that the earthquake was an exterior thing.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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For one, the boot’s stance angles have been refined over several years to hit that Goldilocks sweet spot: not too flexed, not too upright, and dead-flat edge-to-edge underfoot.Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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The automobile’s pontoon fenders and single rumble seat are esoteric enhancements, while the lack of door handles only further refines the extremely clean lines.Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
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The aftermath of Israel’s 1982 invasion illustrates another stark fact: permanently weakening or even defeating an organization can give rise to new ones.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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The director illustrates much of this through long, patient takes, often keeping distance with interjections of a slow push in towards Lee’s face, studying him in meditation as the the sounds of the natural world quietly score the scene, as though the two are in communion.Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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Leadville materialized in 1860 with the discovery of placer gold (gold extracted from eroded rock), and the mining boom was on.James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
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Organizations must ensure that no sensitive or personal data inappropriately feeds AI models or can be extracted from these systems, either maliciously or inadvertently.Rehan Jalil, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the end, the experiment demonstrated vampire bats can convert amino acids into energy in less than 10 minutes and use it to fuel a lengthy endurance run.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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This presents an opportunity for the industry, including Psych Hub’s navigation platform, to reinforce best treatment practices by prioritizing practitioners and services that can demonstrate the best outcomes.Steven Aquino, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Violators can be fined, imprisoned for a year and deported.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The team was fined $100,000 for the driver and the team ($200,000 total) and assessed with the loss of 50 points.Bruce Martin, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The campaign will wait until the dust has cleared a bit more before making an official statement.Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 7 Nov. 2024
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After the line was cleared in less than 30 minutes there have been no long lines here or at several other polling sites on the west side throughout the morning.Madison Lammert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Clarify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clarify. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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