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Recent Examples of educative Perhaps most consequential in this move will be the expansion of the states’ authority and responsibility for educative quality within their jurisdictions. Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 While apples-to-apples comparisons aren’t possible, a look at the streaming businesses is educative for identifying longer-term trends. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025 The trend of clients seeking out educative experiences outside of the classroom continues to bubble, and this new epic pilgrimage is designed to celebrate the many life lessons Greek mythology presents while igniting children’s curiosity for the world through the ancient hero’s journey. Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024 The transformative retreats take place in Portugal and Sayulita, Mexico, and combine an impressive range of treatments and educative modalities. Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024 The studio profit report includes an educative look at Disney, which isn’t reporting figures for its filmed entertainment operations specifically, and streaming giant Netflix, even though its financials are not directly comparable to Hollywood studio units. Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023 This was, uh, really interesting and, uh, and educative. Quartz Staff, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for educative
Adjective
  • The post-graduate educational initiative kicks off in January with yearlong academic courses across management, innovation, sustainability, production, finance, e-commerce, communication and marketing held at Accademia Costume & Moda’s Milan campus.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Eliminating $1 law and focus on community needs The board’s sixth priority revolves around facilities and advocates for the immediate removal of the $1 law, which requires school districts to hand over unused buildings to charter schools or other educational institutions for a $1.
    Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The state of West Virginia is a particularly instructive—and in some ways surprising—case.
    Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Infrastructure overbuild Perhaps the most instructive parallel for today’s AI boom lies in the massive infrastructure overinvestment that preceded the dot-com crash.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Subtle facial cues proved as informative as neuron populations.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Instead, Rodriguez said, student performance levels — Does Not Meet, Meets, Partially Meets, or Exceeds standards — are much more informative.
    Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Schools must follow state mandates on instructional hours, but states typically don’t set strict rules on how long a lunch period should be, so some principals whittle it down to twenty or twenty-five minutes.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Administrations must review course materials, curricula, syllabi and other instructional documents to ensure compliance and make adjustments as needed.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • According to Senderhaufand, National Park Service law enforcement will continue to patrol the Park, but educational and informational programs hosted by National Park Service staff and volunteers will not take place during the federal shutdown.
    Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In July, developer BBN architects held informational meetings with residents to get their thoughts on four options — with two proposals that would knock down the City Hall building, moving it to the same lot as the fire station and creating a monument at the old site.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Educative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/educative. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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