as in interpretative
serving to explain
an edition of Shakespeare's plays with many interpretive footnotes that students should find very helpful
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Recent Examples of interpretive
The landmark interpretive center, which opened to the public in 1994, is a hub for education on the Devonian period.
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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, 23 Oct. 2025
Sora 2 has remarkable interpretive powers.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
There’s an Asian Elvis impersonator, a kid sporting a fake beard, a nurse with mime makeup, and even a few interpretive dancers thrown into the mix.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
This includes visitor centers, campgrounds, and interpretive programming.
—Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 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
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, 23 Oct. 2025
Sora 2 has remarkable interpretive powers.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
There’s an Asian Elvis impersonator, a kid sporting a fake beard, a nurse with mime makeup, and even a few interpretive dancers thrown into the mix.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
This includes visitor centers, campgrounds, and interpretive programming.
—Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interpretive
illustrative
Adjective
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On the one hand, Cantore is illustrative of how Juventus operate in talent identification and development.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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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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“Interpretive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interpretive. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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