as in interpretive
serving to explain illuminative descriptions of the sights to be seen from the observatory gave us a much better idea of what we were looking at

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Recent Examples of illuminative Hybrid lanterns that meet the aforementioned criteria are indeed out there, waiting to illuminate your next campsite, glamping trip, picnic, late-night reading session, or simply to add a little illuminative flare to that embarrassingly barren bookshelf in time for the next Zoom meeting. J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 17 Feb. 2022 Along the way, Robbins spices his story through illuminative moments and mini-biographies. OregonLive.com, 14 Oct. 2017
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illustrative
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  • This illustrative image from October 5, 2021, shows a magnetic resonance imaging machine at Neurospin in Gif-sur-Yvette, southwest of Paris.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
  • An illustrative example of this approach is the joint initiative of the UN and Remesh, implemented in 2021, with an AI powered platform.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025

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“Illuminative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illuminative. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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