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expatiate

verb

ek-ˈspā-shē-ˌāt

Definition of expatiate

as in to speak

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject the naturalist is known for her willingness to expatiate on any number of issues relating to wildlife and the environment

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Recent Examples of expatiate There was no debate on education, for instance, the subject on which Cash had been most keen to expatiate; indeed, there were no debates at all. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024 Ostensibly, further studies are encouraged to expatiate this understanding. — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2024 With wit and elan to spare, Greene expatiates on the intrigue that ensues when David Sparsholt, an engineering student with a fiancée, Connie, and a plan to join the Royal Air Force, arrives at Oxford in 1940. — Priscilla Gilman, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2018 Alex Tizon’s essay can be read not simply as an attempt to confess a crime and expatiate his family’s guilt. — Jean M. Twenge, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2017

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The Associated Press spoke last week to participants and doctors at the health center where the trial is taking place in the eastern province of Ituri, the epicenter of the outbreak.

— CONSTANT SAME BAGALWA, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
The two defendants in the Manchester case spoke in court through interpreters, only to confirm their names, dates of birth and addresses, PA reported.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026

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Sitting in one of the ship’s myriad bars and talking to strangers is one of the most interesting, and often lovely, things a person can do on board.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Wells' friends said Wells did not return to the mainland with them, choosing instead to stay behind to talk with a girl, a claim his family has disputed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

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