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serving to explain
- an edition of Melville's novel that could use more explanative footnotes about whaling
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“Explanative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explanative. Accessed 29 Jan. 2022.
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