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RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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An explanation that adds detail, or the process of developing an idea more fully.

noun

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elaboration

The brief proposal needed elaboration before the committee could judge its cost.
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Further elaboration explained when the wagon had arrived and why the search party's badge did not authorize entry at that gate.
From The Clue Is Not the Whole Answer.
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