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No official details on the new military service have yet been shared, though it is expected Macron will elaborate on the proposal during a visit to an army base on Thursday.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

“I will elaborate my ideas on the policy and organisational management through the upcoming parliamentary hearing session,” Rhee said.

From Reuters • Mar. 24, 2022

He will give an almost blunt initial response, and then, if the questioner meets his glinting look and does not interrupt his thought processes, he will elaborate, often at near-loquacious length.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 26, 2020

Green, whose last day will be April 10, would not discuss his next move, saying he will elaborate in coming days.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2020

It is, in my judgment, as certain as anything can be, for reasons which I will elaborate in a moment, that Germany cannot pay anything approaching this sum.

From The Economic Consequences of the Peace by Keynes, John Maynard