Thesaurus results for EXPLANATORY

explanatory

adjective

ik-ˈspla-nə-ˌtȯr-ē

Definition of explanatory

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serving to explain the explanatory section has as its heading "What the New Tax Changes Mean"

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Recent Examples of explanatory The mods think Reddit might have designated the website—and thus any post using its content for explanatory illustrations—as spam. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026 The guild’s campaign includes a one-sheet explaining its support for the bill, as well as an entire section on its website dedicated to explanatory information. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 31 July 2026 Tighter supply will reopen the spread between markets, and the map will win back some of its explanatory power. — Tony Julianelle, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 With its grand explanatory ambitions, theory swept away doubt, offering in its place the certitudes of an all-encompassing system. — Literary Hub, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for explanatory

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Another way this plays out in the book is in my analysis of how re-translators often echo or follow one another, rather than looking afresh at the interpretative possibilities of the originals.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
The effects of such abstemiousness are less clear, though a pair of new movies point in two very different interpretative directions.

— Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of interpretative

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Another project would involve replacing 17 wayside exhibits at backcountry trailheads and three in the Cottonwood Spring area and adding three new interpretive wayside exhibits on the Mastodon Peak Loop.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
This can be true, but only when the interpretive capability around those signals is developing alongside them.

— Dhiraj Adya, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of interpretive

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Statistics or dollar amounts are supported but illustrative, not promises.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026
The widespread response to the disaster is illustrative of the relationship between Nepal’s public and private sectors in this time of transition.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

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