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serving to explain
fundamentalists who believe that the Bible means exactly what it says and thus requires no interpretative commentary
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Recent Examples of interpretative
When subtle interpretative differences compound over months and miles, your original vision becomes unrecognizable on the front lines.
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Peter Ross,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Most of these interpretative moves work fine because they’re thought through and balanced by other moves.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
Emmie’s condition is an interpretative riddle for both her parents and the reader.
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Giles Harvey,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Will the academy troll Chalamet (and the rest of us) with an interpretative dance performance?
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Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
Fleming’s sets feel like an interpretative dance-heavy trip through one person’s notes app list of intrusive thoughts.
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Ct Jones,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2026
Every adaptation is its own interpretative argument, including this one, and its success depends on how well the production makes that argument.
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Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
There are various interpretative signs and points of interest along the way, including famous Creek Street and both Ketchikan museums.
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Eve Chen,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2026
With her powerful voice and hypnotic interpretative quality, Peluso seems tailor-made for this.
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Sigal Ratner-Arias,
Billboard,
4 Nov. 2025
Peter Ross,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Most of these interpretative moves work fine because they’re thought through and balanced by other moves.
—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
Emmie’s condition is an interpretative riddle for both her parents and the reader.
—
Giles Harvey,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Will the academy troll Chalamet (and the rest of us) with an interpretative dance performance?
—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
Fleming’s sets feel like an interpretative dance-heavy trip through one person’s notes app list of intrusive thoughts.
—
Ct Jones,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2026
Every adaptation is its own interpretative argument, including this one, and its success depends on how well the production makes that argument.
—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
There are various interpretative signs and points of interest along the way, including famous Creek Street and both Ketchikan museums.
—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2026
With her powerful voice and hypnotic interpretative quality, Peluso seems tailor-made for this.
—
Sigal Ratner-Arias,
Billboard,
4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interpretative
Adjective
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Walking through the exhibit, visitors can read interpretive panels detailing the lives of key figures in Yuba-Sutter’s Black history.
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His father worked at the fort in its early years, and Medina himself spent three seasons repairing its adobe walls before joining the interpretive staff.
Adjective
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The $4,500 out-of-pocket maximum in the prompt is illustrative — the legal in-network ceiling is $9,250 in 2026.
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Winslow Homer’s The Morning Bell (originally The Old Mill, pictured above) is illustrative of this distinction in art.
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“Interpretative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interpretative. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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