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She actually had a fairly consistent criticism of Roe that she had elucidated at the time, that people took very much, I think, as a myth.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2020

A: I wish you had elucidated how you managed this remarkable transition.

From Slate • Aug. 17, 2015

The name and the volume of their own countryman had never reached them, who two centuries before had elucidated these chimeras.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

The trial of Paine had elucidated nothing, except that, like Jupiter, John Bull had the thunderbolts, and Paine the arguments.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel

He had an idea that he had elucidated something.

From The Innocent Adventuress by Bradley, Mary Hastings