as in interpretive
serving to explain the writer's descriptions are objectively expositive and entirely without editorialization

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Adjective
  • Nothing is lost in this interpretive framework except historical truth in its most disarming configurations.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • On the one hand, Cantore is illustrative of how Juventus operate in talent identification and development.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • 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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“Expositive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expositive. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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