epexegesis

noun

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  1. translation
  2. exegesis
  3. annotation
  4. road map
  5. gloss
  6. construction
  7. restatement
  8. commentary
Noun
  • What is lost is the outcome itself, the translation of a decision already made into a medicine the patient actually takes home.
    — Harshit Jain, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The expression has different meanings across cultures, rarely referring to its literal translation.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of translation
Noun
  • More recently, though, Thatcher has started popping up in offbeat projects like Heretic, a big-screen exegesis on theological metaphysics that unfolds like a jump-scare horror flick.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026
  • In the near absence of backstory and exegesis, the screen seemed given over to a gradual invasion by the uncanny.
    — Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 14 July 2026
Definition of exegesis
Noun
  • The graph showed the climb in price over time, with annotations showing major events in Iran and Ukraine that could have had an effect.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2026
  • AcePDF also handles interactive forms, annotations, customizable watermarks, shapes, and comments.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of annotation
Noun
  • Nvidia’s road map calls for pumping a megawatt into a single rack.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The young player has a very regimented road map for the next six months.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of road map
Noun
  • Both also received high-gloss visual treatments, the former starring Nicole Kidman and the latter narrated by Sir Ian McKellen, aka Gandalf.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
  • There will always be people who prefer a traditional lipstick over a gloss or whatever gloss-balm-stain fusion is trending.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of gloss
Noun
  • Residents see the construction trucks, the new power lines and the backup generators.
    — Adhum Carter Wolde-Lule, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Hobbs' team notes that the Phoenix area is still one of the top spots in the country for new home construction.
    — Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of construction
Noun
  • In companies experiencing triple-digit growth, small calculation errors could result in multi-million-dollar restatements and a fundamental misunderstanding of burn rate and runway.
    — Jordan Zamir, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • His eventual answer, that no one should be using proprietary information gained from public service to buy and sell stocks, was a restatement of his existing position.
    — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 19 May 2026
Definition of restatement
Noun
  • Agents now match reconciliations, draft journal entries, suggest accrual estimates and write the variance commentary that goes to the audit committee.
    — Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • All four movies exhibit Mackenzie’s knack for trenchant social and political commentary slightly heightened by his elegance as a dramatist and visceral genre filmmaker, and all are accompanied by illuminating supplements.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of commentary
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“Epexegesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epexegesis. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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