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serving to explain
the explanatory section has as its heading "What the New Tax Changes Mean"
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Recent Examples of explanatory
There was no need for explanatory speeches.
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Repurpose long interviews into snappy Q&As and create mini explanatory product videos—these tactics can really help subliminally disseminate messaging when target personas are proactively digesting content.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
An explanatory note to the bill said that Russia has had no representative in the European Committee of the Council of Europe since 2023, with the country blocked from the body following its aggression in Ukraine.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Pallarés, though, thought this traditional idea lacked a bit of explanatory power.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Repurpose long interviews into snappy Q&As and create mini explanatory product videos—these tactics can really help subliminally disseminate messaging when target personas are proactively digesting content.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
An explanatory note to the bill said that Russia has had no representative in the European Committee of the Council of Europe since 2023, with the country blocked from the body following its aggression in Ukraine.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Pallarés, though, thought this traditional idea lacked a bit of explanatory power.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explanatory
Adjective
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Nothing is lost in this interpretive framework except historical truth in its most disarming configurations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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The landmark interpretive center, which opened to the public in 1994, is a hub for education on the Devonian period.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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On the one hand, Cantore is illustrative of how Juventus operate in talent identification and development.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Westmoreland sale is illustrative of growing urban encroachment on farmland in Mecklenburg County and North Carolina as the population continues to exponentially grow.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Explanatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explanatory. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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