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as in to filter
to remove usually visible impurities from
clarify the melted butter by skimming off the milky bits
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as in to explain
to make plain or understandable
it would help if you could clarify your position for us
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Recent Examples of clarify
In the wake of the decision, the Illinois legislature in May amended the law to clarify that domestic violence survivors who plead guilty can seek resentencing.
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Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
There are also dozens of live audio chatrooms on the platform where American and Chinese users explained to each other, probably for the first time in many cases, how their respective societies work and clarified common misunderstandings.
—Zeyi Yang, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
What still isn’t known Our research does not clarify whether the changes in dispensing patterns led to measurable changes in patient outcomes.
—Ashley Bradford, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
And to clarify, internet games are online platforms or apps that allow people to wager money.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
There are also dozens of live audio chatrooms on the platform where American and Chinese users explained to each other, probably for the first time in many cases, how their respective societies work and clarified common misunderstandings.
—Zeyi Yang, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
What still isn’t known Our research does not clarify whether the changes in dispensing patterns led to measurable changes in patient outcomes.
—Ashley Bradford, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
And to clarify, internet games are online platforms or apps that allow people to wager money.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Those earlier rulings found that the age verification systems of the 1990s and 2000s unduly burdened people’s speech and that filtering software could serve the same purpose, but the court also said that if the internet changed at some point in the future, that analysis could change too.—
Adi Robertson,
The Verge,
15 Jan. 2025
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Lower rents for new leases are finally filtering into rates for existing tenants.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
15 Jan. 2025
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The only physical diagnosis her doctors landed on was vocal-cord dysfunction, which Erin felt did not explain her wide range of symptoms.—
Jamie Ducharme,
TIME,
14 Jan. 2025
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This might mean using technology to help explain diagnoses or simply making sure communication is clear and thoughtful.—
Maged el-Malecki,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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This year, Chanel will be investing in data collection and processes to identify evolving hotspots and drivers of carbon emissions to sharpen and refine its transition plan.—
Olivia Pinnock,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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When feasible, identifying the specific cause of illness can help guide and refine the treatment plan.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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The long history of the Fighting Irish illustrates the way faith and football can aid assimilation, strengthen community, and evangelize non-believers.—
Hunter M. Hampton / Made by History,
TIME,
9 Jan. 2025
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These numbers instead aim to simply illustrate trends or superlatives.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
8 Jan. 2025
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This suggests that the Galaxy S25 series will use Gemini to extract information from YouTube videos and create new notes in the Samsung Notes app.—
Paul Monckton,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Rescue efforts were in their third day on Wednesday, with a red cylindrical metal cage being painstakingly lowered into the mine to extract survivors and corpses.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
15 Jan. 2025
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Additionally, the company’s founders, Job Lam and Lawrence Cheng, generously matched Bentley’s campaign proceeds, while colleagues and their families came together to demonstrate an extraordinary level of support that fueled his record-breaking success.—
Forbes,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Patients treated with decisions guided by the platform demonstrated an 83% greater benefit than those treated with the standard of care of a doctor's choice.—
Aaron Weitzman,
Axios,
13 Jan. 2025
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The Federal Trade Commission has fined the publisher of Genshin Impact $20 million for allegedly deceitfully marketing loot boxes to children and illegally collecting their data.—
Will McCurdy,
PCMAG,
18 Jan. 2025
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On Thursday, the agency said a cleaning contractor, QSI LLC, was fined $400,000 after investigators uncovered that children were working overnight sanitation shifts at meatpacking plants across eight states.—
Minnah Arshad,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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An alum of the 2014 Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Sarna succeeded in developing the first and only device cleared by the FDA to collect cells from fallopian tubes, offering a potential early diagnosis for ovarian cancer, the fifth-leading cause of cancer deaths among women.—
Alex Konrad,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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While smoke has cleared in most of the areas impacted by the Eaton and Palisades Fires, evacuations and curfews… pic.twitter.com/oxaXFZ9Gjo — CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) January 13, 2025 The wildfires have burned more than 40,000 acres so far across Southern California, Cal Fire said.—
Sarah Lynch Baldwin,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2025
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