as in instructive
providing useful information or knowledge
some Web sites for family vacation resorts are very informative and some are practically useless
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Recent Examples of informative
Firstly, regularly publish high-quality, informative content on reputable platforms such as industry blogs, LinkedIn and respected financial news sites to boost your firm's positive visibility online.
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Chad Angle, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
But to hear Johnson describe his desires for that position last week was informative.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Provide informative answers, yes, but scaffold their thought processes too.
—Evan Orticio, Scientific American, 2 June 2025
This is why regular, informative news stories are not going viral, but the aggressive, profane posts are.
—Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
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Chad Angle, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
But to hear Johnson describe his desires for that position last week was informative.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Provide informative answers, yes, but scaffold their thought processes too.
—Evan Orticio, Scientific American, 2 June 2025
This is why regular, informative news stories are not going viral, but the aggressive, profane posts are.
—Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for informative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for informative
Adjective
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The contrast with regulatory approaches elsewhere is instructive.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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Launch: as early as 2027 Here, lessons from DART are instructive.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 June 2025
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While apples-to-apples comparisons aren’t possible, a look at the streaming businesses is educative for identifying longer-term trends.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Apr. 2025
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The trend of clients seeking out educative experiences outside of the classroom continues to bubble, and this new epic pilgrimage is designed to celebrate the many life lessons Greek mythology presents while igniting children’s curiosity for the world through the ancient hero’s journey.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes,
27 Sep. 2024
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“Informative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informative. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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