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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
His explanatory presentation to his viewing audience acts as a kind of speed-of-sound introduction to the comic book family's lore, and there's a nice bookending bit at the conclusion, too.
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 27 July 2025
The stop-work order was resolved within 24 hours through an explanatory telephone call.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 20 July 2025
The explanatory power of Du Bois’ project emerges as the eyes move restlessly between them.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Users first noticed the change yesterday as an explanatory message hit the Paramount+ support site and its sign-up pages were refreshed to feature the new name.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 June 2025
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 27 July 2025
The stop-work order was resolved within 24 hours through an explanatory telephone call.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 20 July 2025
The explanatory power of Du Bois’ project emerges as the eyes move restlessly between them.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Users first noticed the change yesterday as an explanatory message hit the Paramount+ support site and its sign-up pages were refreshed to feature the new name.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explanatory
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The pearl, in this analogy, is an interpretive reading.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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Along the route, Rocky Mountaineer guides imbued the landscape with an interpretive history of the region’s gold rush and 19th-century Canadian Pacific Railway landmarks, as well as an understanding of Indigenous culture in the two provinces.—
The Editors,
Outside,
31 Aug. 2025
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Windows 10’s market share is up on a month ago, at least according to Statcounter’s illustrative data, leaving more than 700 million users who can’t or won’t ‘t upgrade relying on an extended support option to ensure their PCs remain protected.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Radiology provides an illustrative example of automation overreach.—
David Autor,
The Atlantic,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Explanatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explanatory. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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