His _________ explanations were easy to understand.

During the description of the chip's _________ components, the inventor said that the ________ of the new design was its amazing speed; the processor was over 1,000 times faster than any previous design.

The cows on the ______ pasture were marked for slaughter.

The occasional clanking cowbell reminded Dana of death ______ from a church bell. Her brother died three months ago, and any metal-on-metal sound made Dana recall the broken silence in the morning of the funeral.

While at work, Dana maintained the _________ that she was fine.

However, her family had no trouble detecting her ________ depression.

As her ________ father pointed out to the rest of the family, Dana had the closest relationship with her older brother, and she would need more time to mourn.

Before getting fired from his warehouse job and being arrested for grand theft, Eric tried to _______ his criminal actions to family and friends.

Furthermore, he tried to describe these actions as _________ that were not really hurting anyone.

The ________ thief had the __________ notion that no one would notice that $17,000 in merchandise simply had vanished.

Law enforcement put on a successful effort to ________ out the thief in the investigation.

While searching for the thief, the _______ warehouse manager conducted secret inventories every day for two weeks.

Who won the Super Bowl?

Make today a ____________