How to Use clarify in a Sentence

clarify

verb
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  • The president was forced to clarify his position on the issue.
  • Can you clarify exactly what it is you're proposing?
  • The committee clarified the manager's duties.
  • Her explanation did not clarify matters much.
  • In the rest of the city, the new rules are a bid to simply clarify what’s allowed — and where.
    — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • But at the premiere of the movie, the actress made sure to clarify that a stand-in was used for the raunchy scene.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 8 July 2023
  • The army has yet to clarify the causes of those deaths.
    — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • At times the White House has had to clarify statements made by Mr. Biden.
    — Catherine Lucey, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Bob clarified that all the traitors agreed a housewife should go and that Dorinda would be the first.
    — Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The main critics are around the price and the need to clarify more the program's information.
    — Javier Bastardo, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Meta reached out to Krause shortly after the blog post went live to clarify a few points.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The firm hadn’t clarified whether Oct. 17 or Oct. 18 marks the official end of the period.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Starr’s comments in AARP aren’t the first time he’s clarified how the two rock stars unearthed and finished the track either.
    — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Schwartz clarified that three of the songs are entirely new, while the fourth was cut from the 2003 production.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
  • Again he was asked to clarify the number of workers who had died in the creation of the tournament.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Days later, Kaul filed suit to challenge the ban, asking state courts to clarify whether the 173-year-old ban was still in place.
    — Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The measure would clarify sentencing for a felony with a firearm.
    — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Some of the changes clarified out-of-date terminology that was still on the books since the last time the rules were updated in 1985.
    — Bo Erickson, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The state clarified those exceptions on May 2, the day after the six-week ban took effect.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2024
  • Jennifer Harris urged the school to clarify their rules surrounding the use of AI.
    — Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The remainder of this page helps clarify the details of the above promotion and the necessary steps to claim it.
    — cleveland, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Banks clarified that the violation is for failing to report the wasting of the fish.
    — Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Ed and Jovi shook hands, as Yara stepped in to clarify their tell-all interaction.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • For me, fiction has always been a way to clarify and order my feelings and thoughts.
    — Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Update: Revised at 2:03 p.m. Dec. 1 to include the victim's name and clarify the crime he was alleged of.
    — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • To clarify pores and rid of impurities, try the Detox Mask which works to cleanse and tighten in just ten minutes.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 30 June 2022
  • This will be further clarified by my using one of the above Star Trek prompting lines that were mentioned in the research study.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The other side: In response to the joint statement, some of Colorado's top Democrats on Wednesday praised the city for clarifying.
    — Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Later studies clarified that the risks were overstated and didn’t apply to all forms of hormone therapy; still, the damage was done.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 23 Jan. 2025
  • In a statement, a Reddit spokesperson clarified that the company itself has not imposed a ban on X links, with many still being posted across the platform.
    — Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025

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