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ex·plains

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  1. List of paraphrases for "explains":

    explain, clarifies, says, describes, discusses, explained

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How to use explains in a sentence?

  1. The Verge:

    The video depicts a man being murdered. Someone is stabbing him, dozens of times, while he screams and begs for his life. Chloes job is to tell the room whether this post should be removed. She knows that section 13 of the Facebook community standards prohibits videos that depict the murder of one or more people. When Chloe explains this to the class, she hears her voice shaking.

  2. William Arthur Ward:

    The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

  3. Richard Mihigo:

    That explains why we are in a situation almost like a protracted sort of situation where multiple outbreaks break at the same time, the supply system is also an issue, because Richard Mihigo need to bring in all the vaccines - being for measles, being for yellow fever or cholera - and it's not easy to manage all the logistics for all these events happening at the same time.

  4. Sharla Wilson via AP:

    As I get used to my new place, I will start to settle down. Thanks for being patient with me. I don’t mean to be such a pain. the sign basically explains he’s an old man now and he has cataracts.

  5. Gaspar Mbongo:

    When the material arrived at the polling station during the night there was no one here to receive it, so they were obliged to leave it at the police post, this morning the head of the voting bureau had to get the materials back from the police station and this explains the delay.


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