instructive

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For Goldhaber, the response to “Pipeline” became instructive for his work becoming less prescriptive.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The body language at the end was instructive; Celtic sprightly, Rangers stunned.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

As geopolitical tensions ratchet ever higher, it may be instructive to look at just how exposed U.S. markets are to foreign investors.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026

It’s a good definition for what novelists should do, but it’s hardly instructive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

To anyone interested in world history, human societies of East Asia and the Pacific are instructive, because they provide so many examples of how environment molds history.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond