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Recent Examples of expository 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 The first couple episodes begin with ominous cold opens new to the material, tackling the expository scientific explanation for the horrors to come in clever ways. A.a. Dowd, Chron, 10 Jan. 2023 Part of that can be attributed to the tendency to tidy up Big Conversations with pat remarks and swift expository dialogue. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for expository
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expository
Adjective
  • 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
  • However, the Department of the Interior ordered that the NPS keep roads, trails, and landscapes open to the public, even while visitor centers, interpretive programs, and many services have been shuttered.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 23 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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“Expository.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expository. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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