as in suggestive
clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood)
ended his tall tale with a revelatory wink that indicated that it had all been an elaborate put-on
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Recent Examples of revelatory
But when the December 19, 2025 deadline for the release of the files arrived, the document drop was less revelatory than either the left or right expected.
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Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 17 Jan. 2026
Luisi can be a revelatory conductor — he’ll be honored at the Friday performance with a medal of honor from the Bruckner Society of America — but the orchestra’s discipline isn’t as consistent as in its best days under former music director Jaap van Zweden.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
After a 2025 tour of her native Japan, the beguiling singer-songwriter returns to North America and Europe in 2026 to level up her ever-growing itinerary behind the revelatory Luminescent Creatures.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2026
Rashida Jones and Will McCormack (Celeste and Jesse Forever) provide the raw, revelatory, and surprisingly funny screenplay, while the director and her illustrious co-stars let rip with reckless abandon.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
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Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 17 Jan. 2026
Luisi can be a revelatory conductor — he’ll be honored at the Friday performance with a medal of honor from the Bruckner Society of America — but the orchestra’s discipline isn’t as consistent as in its best days under former music director Jaap van Zweden.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
After a 2025 tour of her native Japan, the beguiling singer-songwriter returns to North America and Europe in 2026 to level up her ever-growing itinerary behind the revelatory Luminescent Creatures.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2026
Rashida Jones and Will McCormack (Celeste and Jesse Forever) provide the raw, revelatory, and surprisingly funny screenplay, while the director and her illustrious co-stars let rip with reckless abandon.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revelatory
Adjective
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That sounds like something a premium TV service and its subscribers could keep a good, heavily suggestive grip on for at least 10 years.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
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The agents’ demand that Good exit her vehicle is suggestive of an intent to take her into custody.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The scenes at the reunion are simply but artfully shot in black and white, including a revealing conversation the men’s wives and partners have about living with them that gently expands the perspectives brought into the film’s portrait.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
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Sometimes these notebooks are written like real diaries, which can be fascinating and revealing.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Meanwhile, if the prize were awarded for power per second of screentime, Gaby Hoffmann, playing a nineteen-sixties dropout in survival mode, would win; her furious silence is as eloquent as her terse determination, and her voice, quietly oracular, is one of the most memorable things in the movie.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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Now, Cheshire serves as an eloquent and witty guide to the ways our world was once charted, from the trench networks of World War I to the early gridiron layouts of New York City.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
17 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Hochul’s Executive Budget proposal takes meaningful steps to address these challenges by expanding the types of affordable housing projects that qualify for Type II actions and a more streamlined environmental review process.—
Carlina Rivera,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Infrastructure in Venezuela is severely degraded, and any meaningful revival would likely require more than $100 billion in investment over a decade.—
Amena Bakr,
semafor.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Both McAdams and O’Brien move beyond expectations to deliver highly expressive, almost clownish performances — in the best way.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Between January and June, Jupiter in Cancer activates your expressive fifth house, highlighting themes of romance, flirtation, pleasure and creative passion.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Matt Greene explains why LLMs are built for a post-meaning world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Dec. 2025
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The more money one has, the less meaning work has to that person.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Aug. 2025
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