as in interpretative
serving to explain
the explanatory section has as its heading "What the New Tax Changes Mean"
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Recent Examples of explanatory
Teachers could not use the internet in classes, which ruled out many teaching aids, such as explanatory videos, but the students were no less diligent and curious.
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Brooke Allen, New Yorker, 12 July 2025
Users first noticed the change yesterday as an explanatory message hit the Paramount+ support site and its sign-up pages were refreshed to feature the new name.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 June 2025
Visual explanatory tools can bridge the understanding gap.
—Taposh Roy, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Of all the various isms proposed to capture Trump’s ideology, social Darwinism has perhaps the most explanatory power.
—Erik Baker, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Brooke Allen, New Yorker, 12 July 2025
Users first noticed the change yesterday as an explanatory message hit the Paramount+ support site and its sign-up pages were refreshed to feature the new name.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 June 2025
Visual explanatory tools can bridge the understanding gap.
—Taposh Roy, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Of all the various isms proposed to capture Trump’s ideology, social Darwinism has perhaps the most explanatory power.
—Erik Baker, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explanatory
illustrative
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This illustrative image from October 5, 2021, shows a magnetic resonance imaging machine at Neurospin in Gif-sur-Yvette, southwest of Paris.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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An illustrative example of this approach is the joint initiative of the UN and Remesh, implemented in 2021, with an AI powered platform.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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“Explanatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explanatory. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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