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Expounded most clearly by the joint leader of the Green party, Caroline Lucas, it has won some limited support among a few Labour and Lib Dem MPs.

From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2016

An important index title is that of "Statutes Cited and Expounded."

From The American Judiciary by Baldwin, Simeon E., LLD

The Story is the converse of A Noble Riddle Wisely Expounded, in which the maid wins a husband by riddles; in the present one the captain out-riddles the maid.

From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank

In 1874 appeared his largest work, Some Leading Principles of Political Economy, newly Expounded, which is beyond doubt a worthy successor to the great treatises of Smith, Malthus, Ricardo and Mill.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

But pre'thee Citt; hast not thou seen the Answer to the Appeal, Expounded.

From Citt and Bumpkin (1680) by L'Estrange, Sir Roger