explanatory
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Shaffer succeeds in this regard, but the wordy play grows cumbersome in its final explanatory stages.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
While at the Tribune, Heather was part of a team that won the 2015 Gerald Loeb Award for explanatory reporting for a series on Chicago’s municipal debt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
In fact, changes in expected inflation — either at the 12-month or 10-year horizons—have had even less explanatory power than changes in the CPI’s annual rate.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026
"We propose three explanatory hypotheses for discussion," says Güllich.
From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025
Rooms, corridors, doorways...The explanatory words were in French too, and in different writing.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing explanatory
Common Core Grades 7–8, List 4
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Common Core Grade 6, List 4
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Common Core Grades 9–10, List 4
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