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"These results help us understand the evolutionary history of horns and antlers and could suggest that differences in other ruminant cranial appendages, like ossicones and pronghorns, are also elaborations on a shared ancestral cranial appendage."

From Science Daily • May 20, 2024

While trained within the confines of Rampur style - which focused on intricate rhythmic play, fast elaborations and a full-throated throw of voice - Rashid, like most greats, transcended its boundaries.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2024

But she was also carried by her feel for a wide range of rhythms, rhythms she knew how to follow through new elaborations.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2021

Sadly, some of that saved screen time is given over to problematic elaborations and inventions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2019

The directness of his questions and his subsequent elaborations threw her.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead