Thesaurus results for EXPLANATORY

explanatory

adjective

ik-ˈspla-nə-ˌtȯr-ē

Definition of explanatory

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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 The mods think Reddit might have designated the website—and thus any post using its content for explanatory illustrations—as spam. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026 The guild’s campaign includes a one-sheet explaining its support for the bill, as well as an entire section on its website dedicated to explanatory information. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 31 July 2026 Tighter supply will reopen the spread between markets, and the map will win back some of its explanatory power. — Tony Julianelle, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 With its grand explanatory ambitions, theory swept away doubt, offering in its place the certitudes of an all-encompassing system. — Literary Hub, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for explanatory

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Another way this plays out in the book is in my analysis of how re-translators often echo or follow one another, rather than looking afresh at the interpretative possibilities of the originals.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
The effects of such abstemiousness are less clear, though a pair of new movies point in two very different interpretative directions.

— Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of interpretative

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For something quieter, there’s a riverside interpretive trail along the Nenana.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
In the soft light of dawn, an Ohio tourist studied the interpretive sign at the summit of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park, reading about how magma formed the ground under her feet.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of interpretive

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The report describes two loans the bank structured for team owners, and labels both as illustrative examples.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Elements and tenets of their forms will be compared and celebrated in illustrative lecture and demonstration by Chinese art scholars and artists, Zhai You and Fan Lei.

— Jamie Chapman, Baltimore Sun, 28 Oct. 2026

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