Example Sentences

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Another future research direction is elucidating the way the gut communicates with neurons in the area postrema.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 29, 2022

One obvious application for electron crystallography is elucidating potential candidates for drug development.

From Nature • Oct. 28, 2018

Chu is elucidating part of why this case feels so surreal: the alleged perpetrator’s own vulnerability is on flagrant display.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 25, 2018

So, to extrinsically view the differing attitudes of the sister-in-law, her ex and her children and contrast them with the letter writer's own feelings is elucidating.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2017

His countenance conveys more quickly than his words the thought which he is elucidating, and when he refers to his Maker, his face takes on an expression indescribable for its purity.

From Russell H. Conwell by Burr, Agnes Rush