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But having a child was clarifying: “I need to have a clear plan and structured life goals to provide for him and set an example.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

It cited unspecified “media reports” and said it was clarifying the situation.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2023

This wasn’t exactly news, but it was clarifying.

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2022

If anything was clarifying about her time away, Alonzo says, it’s that she still has so much more to say — and some of those long-simmering thoughts take form in “Middle Classy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2022

Tackling “Normal People” first was clarifying: Onscreen, Rooney’s “lowkey” stories are best told in episodic form, Abrahamson said.

From New York Times • May 13, 2022