spelled out

verb

past tense of spell out
as in explained
to make plain or understandable the dating applicant spelled out exactly what she wanted in a man

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Recent Examples of spelled out Oman's plan is administrative language for a change that missiles alone never spelled out. — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Charli is well on her way to mastering all three mediums spelled out in the title of her new LP, Music, Fashion, Film. — Caryn Ganz, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026 Broadcasters and some in Congress see this as a violation of the letter of the law as spelled out in the Sports Broadcasting Act. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 23 July 2026 Ben mentioned before the risk factors that are spelled out in the SpaceX IPO, right? — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026 Adding to the authenticity, grittiness and realness of The Guest is the fact that some of the past between the characters gets hinted at but not always spelled out. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026 An arrangement of baby blue, navy and yellow flowers that spelled out his name. — Bracey Harris, NBC news, 28 June 2026 In each case, council members had to decide whether to use their power, spelled out in the City Charter, to suspend colleagues accused of wrongdoing — stripping away their duties until their criminal cases were resolved. — Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026 The 2015 Iran nuclear deal was a long and granular instrument that spelled out, in detail, the limits on Iran’s nuclear program. — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spelled out
  1. explained
  2. illustrated
  3. demonstrated
  4. clarified
  5. interpreted
  6. simplified
Verb
  • So how much of the show’s multiverse can be explained by science?
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 24 July 2026
  • They’re also equipped with solar arrays that generate twice as much power as prior generations, a SpaceX business analyst explained in a livestream.
    — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 24 July 2026
Definition of explained
Verb
  • The show’s first trailer, which debuted during DC Studios’ Hall H panel, illustrated its commitment to using traditional cop show tropes on a comic book property.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
  • This was starkly illustrated by Sunday’s final, which ended with Spain beating Argentina 1-0 courtesy of Ferran Torres’s extra-time goal.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 24 July 2026
Definition of illustrated
Verb
  • Ultra Maritime demonstrated a counter-unmanned underwater vehicle (C-UUV) capability during the US Navy’s Lanternfish 2026 exercise.
    — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
  • Since then, the administration has demonstrated its willingness to implement a variety of those laws to rebuild the president's tariff regime.
    — Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 24 July 2026
Definition of demonstrated
Verb
  • Mason also clarified that submitting music to any genre category does not exclude an artist from submitting to general categories like Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 29 July 2026
  • The House’s post-#MeToo rule changes in 2018 clarified that members cannot pursue relationships with their own staff and created a new process for adjudicating harassment claims.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of clarified
Verb
  • They have been interpreted and reimagined for centuries, always reflecting the fears and concerns of the societies that retell them.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
  • These announcements show interest from frontier model developers and hyperscale cloud providers, but they should not be interpreted as identical or as immediate purchase orders.
    — Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of interpreted
Verb
  • Undeterred, the team simplified things and fed AlphaFold only the DNA, RNA, and Cas9 protein, since the latter is the primary factor determining its sequence specificity.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
  • However, the design has been simplified with some components omitted or swapped for less complex ones.
    — David Szondy July 22, New Atlas, 23 July 2026
Definition of simplified

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