as in interpretative
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 stop-work order was resolved within 24 hours through an explanatory telephone call.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 20 July 2025
Teachers could not use the internet in classes, which ruled out many teaching aids, such as explanatory videos, but the students were no less diligent and curious.
—Brooke Allen, New Yorker, 12 July 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
Visual explanatory tools can bridge the understanding gap.
—Taposh Roy, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 20 July 2025
Teachers could not use the internet in classes, which ruled out many teaching aids, such as explanatory videos, but the students were no less diligent and curious.
—Brooke Allen, New Yorker, 12 July 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
Visual explanatory tools can bridge the understanding gap.
—Taposh Roy, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explanatory
illustrative
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This illustrative image from 2003 shows a ground radar monitoring station at the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) airforce base near the Jiuquan Launch Centre.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Aug. 2025
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One illustrative statistic from Politico: Michael Wolff’s 2018 Trump book sold over 25,000 copies in its first week, while his 2025 Trump book only sold around 3,000 copies in the corresponding interval.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Explanatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explanatory. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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