Definition of illustrative
: serving, tending, or designed to illustrate illustrative examples art that is illustrative of provincial life
illustratively
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Examples of illustrative in a Sentence
an illustrative analogy in which the relationship between God and humanity is likened to that between a shepherd and his flock
Recent Examples of illustrative from the Web
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In one illustrative example, Colorado offered teens and low-income women free IUDs and birth control implants, and their teen birthrate dropped 40 percent from the program's start in 2009 to 2013.
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T.R.U.E. is an illustrative example: The current program houses just 4 percent of the 18-to-25-year-old men in the state’s prisons, a shadow of the ambitious 700-plus-person facility Semple initially envisioned.
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Nunez’s position is illustrative of the dichotomy of Boulder County’s super-heated economy: Jobs are plentiful, yet incomes are declining.
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Newt Gingrich is, as ever, an illustrative example.
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The question is unwittingly illustrative of the problem.
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Your career as a public servant and advocate is illustrative of one of these brave but few persons.
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An illustrative case study of health care value is the introduction of CT scanners to most emergency rooms around the country in the 1990s for evaluation of acute abdominal pain.
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That Wednesday was the second time in three days the montage was played preceding Maurer pitching a perfect ninth inning for a save is illustrative of the Padres bullpen again being what it was supposed to be.
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First Known Use of illustrative
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ILLUSTRATIVE Defined for English Language Learners
illustrative
playDefinition of illustrative for English Language Learners
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: used to illustrate or explain something
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: serving as an example of something
ILLUSTRATIVE Defined for Kids
illustrative
playDefinition of illustrative for Students
: serving as an example an illustrative story
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