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Recent Examples of explanatory Parts read like a narrative, other parts sound like a letter to the husband, sometimes explanatory, sometimes apologetic, sometimes pining. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for explanatory
illustrative
Adjective
  • This illustrative image shows a Ukrainian drone operator pilots an attack drone near the southern frontline on February 21, 2024.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
  • Deere’s fresh numbers and commentary will be illustrative of the effects so far.
    Kevin Stankiewicz,Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 11 May 2025

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“Explanatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explanatory. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.

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