clarify
verb (used with object)
to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
is clarifying
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present progressiveof clarify (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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This lone holdout is clarifying: If one index gatekeeper could keep its standards, the others didn’t have to lower theirs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
The exercise, he said, is clarifying, forcing leaders to articulate what they believe, and what they will set out to accomplish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
A growing body of research is clarifying the link between environmental temperature and heart health.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 1, 2023
Her silhouette is clarifying — there is more beyond what we can see.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
Make a thick syrup by dissolving one pound of sugar in one-half pint of water over the fire, adding one ounce of pounded almonds while the syrup is clarifying.
From The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum
