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There are explanatory notes at the front of the book.
the explanatory section has as its heading “What the New Tax Changes Mean”
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Parts read like a narrative, other parts sound like a letter to the husband, sometimes explanatory, sometimes apologetic, sometimes pining.
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The Know, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
However, the White House then released an explanatory text of the executive order, clarifying that the tariff rate wasn’t reduced to 54%, but still maintaining the $100 fee option.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
The refrain is compact and echoing, a chorus unburdened by explanatory verses.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 16 May 2025
Second, whereas current frontier AIs can fabricate answers because they are trained to please humans, Scientist AI would ideally generate honest and justified explanatory hypotheses.
—Yoshua Bengio, Time, 9 May 2025
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The Know, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
However, the White House then released an explanatory text of the executive order, clarifying that the tariff rate wasn’t reduced to 54%, but still maintaining the $100 fee option.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
The refrain is compact and echoing, a chorus unburdened by explanatory verses.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 16 May 2025
Second, whereas current frontier AIs can fabricate answers because they are trained to please humans, Scientist AI would ideally generate honest and justified explanatory hypotheses.
—Yoshua Bengio, Time, 9 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for explanatory
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“Explanatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/explanatory. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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explanatory
adjective
ex·plan·a·to·ry
ik-ˈsplan-ə-ˌtōr-ē 
-ˌtȯr-
: serving to explain
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