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an edition of Shakespeare's plays with many interpretive footnotes that students should find very helpful
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Recent Examples of interpretive
This includes visitor centers, campgrounds, and interpretive programming.
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Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
The back-up dancers captured interpretive elements of Carrión’s discography and demonstrated their skill and strength while performing gravity-defying breakdancing numbers and theatrical battle scenes.
—Rosy Alvarez, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
The pearl, in this analogy, is an interpretive reading.
—Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Along the route, Rocky Mountaineer guides imbued the landscape with an interpretive history of the region’s gold rush and 19th-century Canadian Pacific Railway landmarks, as well as an understanding of Indigenous culture in the two provinces.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
And there are enough other interpretive questions that arise that the seemingly simple tax-free sales can often require tax lawyers to interpret and vet particular facts.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
But the midrash—the Jewish rabbinic interpretive tradition—tells a different version.
—Ilana Kurshan, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
The museum says the two-year project has led to changes that allow visitors to learn more through interpretive signage and exhibits that provide greater context.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
While children's songs might initially seem an unlikely fit for the passionate intentionality of her work, Melanie's vocal prowess as an interpretive and educational tool transforms this album into a unique standout.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
The back-up dancers captured interpretive elements of Carrión’s discography and demonstrated their skill and strength while performing gravity-defying breakdancing numbers and theatrical battle scenes.
—Rosy Alvarez, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
The pearl, in this analogy, is an interpretive reading.
—Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Along the route, Rocky Mountaineer guides imbued the landscape with an interpretive history of the region’s gold rush and 19th-century Canadian Pacific Railway landmarks, as well as an understanding of Indigenous culture in the two provinces.
—The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
And there are enough other interpretive questions that arise that the seemingly simple tax-free sales can often require tax lawyers to interpret and vet particular facts.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
But the midrash—the Jewish rabbinic interpretive tradition—tells a different version.
—Ilana Kurshan, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
The museum says the two-year project has led to changes that allow visitors to learn more through interpretive signage and exhibits that provide greater context.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
While children's songs might initially seem an unlikely fit for the passionate intentionality of her work, Melanie's vocal prowess as an interpretive and educational tool transforms this album into a unique standout.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interpretive
illustrative
Adjective
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The exercise itself is illustrative of an elevated standard.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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While demographers, economists and sociologists agree on the challenges the declining birth rate could bring, some have argued that is also illustrative of societal progress—namely choice.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Interpretive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interpretive. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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