illustrative

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il·lus·tra·tive | \ i-ˈlə-strə-tiv

also ˈi-lə-ˌstrā-

Definition of illustrative

: serving, tending, or designed to illustrate illustrative examples art that is illustrative of provincial life

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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 on the Web The change in tone is illustrative of the balance each candidate hopes to strike in addressing both policing and public safety. — Rick Klein, Averi Harper, ABC News, 3 June 2021 The space brawl is illustrative of the modern state of American human spaceflight in a couple of ways. — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2021 TikTok started one last year, Facebook is considering adding one—and their adoption is illustrative of the industry-wide push to better enrich the influencers on these sites. — Abram Brown, Forbes, 20 May 2021 DarkSide was illustrative of that enforcement problem even before the Colonial Pipeline attack. — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 10 May 2021 This is why, when healthy, Neal routinely ranks among the league leaders in stops (which is more illustrative of good run defense play than tackles) among safeties. — John Owning, Dallas News, 20 Mar. 2021 These examples are illustrative of the difficulties of cataloguing Holmes’ life and crimes. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2021 The incredibly dramatic rally in prices for cryptoassets such as Dogecoin also seem illustrative of the frothiness that had seized the wider blockchain and cryptoasset marketplace. — Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021 Marx claimed that the group was illustrative of how often adults cross the border with children who are not theirs. — Tyler Olson, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2021

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