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
However, the White House then released an explanatory text of the executive order, clarifying that the tariff rate wasn’t reduced to 54%, but still maintaining the $100 fee option.
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Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
The refrain is compact and echoing, a chorus unburdened by explanatory verses.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 16 May 2025
Second, whereas current frontier AIs can fabricate answers because they are trained to please humans, Scientist AI would ideally generate honest and justified explanatory hypotheses.
—Yoshua Bengio, Time, 9 May 2025
The Times’ Azam Ahmed and Christina Goldbaum and contributing writer Matthieu Aikins won an explanatory reporting prize for examining U.S. policy failures in Afghanistan.
—David Bauder, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
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Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
The refrain is compact and echoing, a chorus unburdened by explanatory verses.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 16 May 2025
Second, whereas current frontier AIs can fabricate answers because they are trained to please humans, Scientist AI would ideally generate honest and justified explanatory hypotheses.
—Yoshua Bengio, Time, 9 May 2025
The Times’ Azam Ahmed and Christina Goldbaum and contributing writer Matthieu Aikins won an explanatory reporting prize for examining U.S. policy failures in Afghanistan.
—David Bauder, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explanatory
illustrative
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And yet, in certain ways, the film doesn’t go as deep as Orwell’s observations; its choice of illustrative material generally hews to contemporary party lines, even while showcasing wise words that render such distinctions all but meaningless.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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Drawing a line between Merrill’s performance and the team’s results the past week, however, would be illustrative of nothing.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
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“Explanatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explanatory. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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