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Specify is the best I can think of, but it doesn’t by itself capture the change from ambiguity to less ambiguity.

For example, does this make sense grammatically? Assume I can’t remove the words, his statement.:

"That ship cost me"I spent my entire net worth to ride a ship", said Blake.

"Since when did boats become so expensive?" He later

Blake realized that he had been misunderstood, so he specified his statement:. "It wasn't a boat. It It was a rocketship that I paid exorbitant amounts of money to ride ride."

I’ve tried searching for synonyms of specify and clarify, but none of them does the trick.

A compound word or phrase would be acceptable.

EDIT: Add original statement: "That ship cost me my entire net worth to ride."

Specify is the best I can think of, but it doesn’t by itself capture the change from ambiguity to less ambiguity.

For example, does this make sense grammatically? Assume I can’t remove the words, his statement.

"That ship cost me my entire net worth to ride." He later specified his statement: "It wasn't a boat. It was a rocketship that I paid exorbitant amounts of money to ride."

I’ve tried searching for synonyms of specify and clarify, but none of them does the trick.

A compound word or phrase would be acceptable.

EDIT: Add original statement: "That ship cost me my entire net worth to ride."

Specify is the best I can think of, but it doesn’t by itself capture the change from ambiguity to less ambiguity.

For example:

"I spent my entire net worth to ride a ship", said Blake.

"Since when did boats become so expensive?"

Blake realized that he had been misunderstood, so he specified his statement. "It wasn't a boat. It was a rocketship that I paid exorbitant amounts of money to ride."

I’ve tried searching for synonyms of specify and clarify, but none of them does the trick.

A compound word or phrase would be acceptable.

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Specify is the best I can think of, but it doesn’t by itself capture the change from ambiguity to less ambiguity.

For example, does this make sense grammatically? Assume I can’t remove the words, his statement.

"That ship cost me my entire net worth to ride." He later specified his statement: ‘There was no water involved"It wasn't a boat. It was a rocketship that I paid exorbitant amounts of money to ride."

I’ve tried searching for synonyms of specify and clarify, but none of them does the trick.

A compound word or phrase would be acceptable.

EDIT: Add original statement: "That ship cost me my entire net worth to ride."

Specify is the best I can think of, but it doesn’t by itself capture the change from ambiguity to less ambiguity.

For example, does this make sense grammatically? Assume I can’t remove the words, his statement.

"That ship cost me my entire net worth to ride." He later specified his statement: ‘There was no water involved. It was a rocketship that I paid exorbitant amounts of money to ride.

I’ve tried searching for synonyms of specify and clarify, but none of them does the trick.

A compound word or phrase would be acceptable.

EDIT: Add original statement: "That ship cost me my entire net worth to ride."

Specify is the best I can think of, but it doesn’t by itself capture the change from ambiguity to less ambiguity.

For example, does this make sense grammatically? Assume I can’t remove the words, his statement.

"That ship cost me my entire net worth to ride." He later specified his statement: "It wasn't a boat. It was a rocketship that I paid exorbitant amounts of money to ride."

I’ve tried searching for synonyms of specify and clarify, but none of them does the trick.

A compound word or phrase would be acceptable.

EDIT: Add original statement: "That ship cost me my entire net worth to ride."

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Specify is the best I can think of, but it doesn’t by itself capture the change from ambiguity to less ambiguity.

For example, does this make sense grammatically? Assume I can’t remove the words, his statement.

"That ship cost me my entire net worth to ride." He thenlater specified his statement: ‘There will bewas no water involved. It’sIt was a rocketship that I paid exorbitant amounts of money to ride.’

I’ve tried searching for synonyms of specify and clarify, but none of them does the trick.

A compound word or phrase would be acceptable.

EDIT: Add original statement: "That ship cost me my entire net worth to ride."

Specify is the best I can think of, but it doesn’t by itself capture the change from ambiguity to less ambiguity.

For example, does this make sense grammatically? Assume I can’t remove the words, his statement.

"That ship cost me my entire net worth to ride." He then specified his statement: ‘There will be no water involved. It’s a rocketship that I paid exorbitant amounts of money to ride.’

I’ve tried searching for synonyms of specify and clarify, but none of them does the trick.

A compound word or phrase would be acceptable.

EDIT: Add original statement: "That ship cost me my entire net worth to ride."

Specify is the best I can think of, but it doesn’t by itself capture the change from ambiguity to less ambiguity.

For example, does this make sense grammatically? Assume I can’t remove the words, his statement.

"That ship cost me my entire net worth to ride." He later specified his statement: ‘There was no water involved. It was a rocketship that I paid exorbitant amounts of money to ride.’

I’ve tried searching for synonyms of specify and clarify, but none of them does the trick.

A compound word or phrase would be acceptable.

EDIT: Add original statement: "That ship cost me my entire net worth to ride."

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