as in to develop
to express more fully and in greater detail
refused to dilate upon his alleged plan for improving the economy in the event that he won the election
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Núñez Vicente initially developed the design for economy cabins before last year premiering a business class/first class iteration.—
Francesca Street,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025 -
After the fog lifts, a south-southeast wind flow will develop, producing a more humid day with isolated showers.—
Garfield Hylton,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2025
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Immigrant advocates have pushed to shore up those protections with a federal bill that would expand visa eligibility for workers cooperating with regulators to expose labor violations, so far without success.—
Emily Alpert Reyes,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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Look, $100 million on initiatives like expanding atheism in Nepal.—
Linda Qiu,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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But some of the WHO’s work focuses on supplementing national health programs and filling gaps that benefit individual nations — specifically those with the least resources — rather than the world as a whole.—
Jess Craig,
Vox,
17 Feb. 2025
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The carts, in time, were supplemented with proper restaurants and, inevitably, chains both small and large.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Dilate (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dilate%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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