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serving to explain
an expository piece on the workings of the internal-combustion engine
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Recent Examples of expository
Bell and co-editor Alex Megaro limit expository information about the WTO and the anti-globalization movement to a short prologue.
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Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
5 Dec. 2025
And even though there are stretches of stagey-sounding expository dialogue, the story manages to wheel along at a clip.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
The film is obvious in telegraphing its spooky sequences and its expository ones.
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J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
But the artifacts of the New Literalism seem to embrace mediation, even to double down on it with their supplementary signposts, historical snapshots, and expository tics.
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Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
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Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
5 Dec. 2025
And even though there are stretches of stagey-sounding expository dialogue, the story manages to wheel along at a clip.
—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
The film is obvious in telegraphing its spooky sequences and its expository ones.
—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
But the artifacts of the New Literalism seem to embrace mediation, even to double down on it with their supplementary signposts, historical snapshots, and expository tics.
—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expository
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Of four interpretive signs at the park, used mostly by Brickell residents to walk their dogs, two have faded to illegibility.
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Today, preserving that history increasingly relies on museums, public art, interpretive markers and community institutions that continue telling those stories.
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When subtle interpretative differences compound over months and miles, your original vision becomes unrecognizable on the front lines.
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Most of these interpretative moves work fine because they’re thought through and balanced by other moves.
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Volkswagen's challenges are illustrative of the headwinds facing the broader European automotive industry, Luman said, citing challenges on the road to full electrification, competition with Chinese car brands and export problems in major markets.
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The illustrative nature of a comic is unparalleled in its ability to transport people.
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“Expository.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expository. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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