FLESHED (OUT) Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

fleshed (out)

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Definition of fleshed (out)

past tense of flesh (out)

as in developed

to express more fully and in greater detail a lengthy follow-up that fleshes out the original report on the military engagement

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Held at Dongseo University’s Centum Campus, the program was developed with the Asian Film Commissions Network and the Motion Picture Association.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Oracle's stock fell 4% in late September after the company sent a force majeure notice tied to Project Jupiter, a New Mexico data center campus and part of the broader Stargate AI buildout developed by Blue Owl.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

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Through the development and community adoption of RPO, RoboParty expanded its technical capabilities to cover core actuators, robot bodies, motion control, dexterous manipulation and robotics software systems.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Trump has expanded that all around the room, stacking the walls with portraits including those of George Washington, Andrew Jackson and Benjamin Franklin.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026

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