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serving to explain
an expository piece on the workings of the internal-combustion engine
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Recent Examples of expository
Bell and co-editor Alex Megaro limit expository information about the WTO and the anti-globalization movement to a short prologue.
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Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
And even though there are stretches of stagey-sounding expository dialogue, the story manages to wheel along at a clip.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
The film is obvious in telegraphing its spooky sequences and its expository ones.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
But the artifacts of the New Literalism seem to embrace mediation, even to double down on it with their supplementary signposts, historical snapshots, and expository tics.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
And even though there are stretches of stagey-sounding expository dialogue, the story manages to wheel along at a clip.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
The film is obvious in telegraphing its spooky sequences and its expository ones.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
But the artifacts of the New Literalism seem to embrace mediation, even to double down on it with their supplementary signposts, historical snapshots, and expository tics.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expository
Adjective
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Visitors will find access to an interpretive center, a visitor center, the Craig House, an 18th-century farmhouse, picnic tables and playgrounds.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Some comments submitted in response to the administration’s solicitation flagged interpretive changes that officials might now seek to undo — and in dozens of cases already have, according to one group.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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Emmie’s condition is an interpretative riddle for both her parents and the reader.—
Giles Harvey,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Will the academy troll Chalamet (and the rest of us) with an interpretative dance performance?—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Winslow Homer’s The Morning Bell (originally The Old Mill, pictured above) is illustrative of this distinction in art.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Golinger pointed to NextEra Energy as an illustrative example of how the dynamics can compound over time.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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“Expository.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expository. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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