instructive

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The history is instructive, since Congress passed the legal exemption at a moment of weakness for the NFL and strength for traditional broadcasters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

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

An instructive Salon piece from a decade ago reveals the film’s designer dressed him to be “a young girl’s dream of a pop star.”

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

In several instructive cases doctors or veterinarians have actually been able to observe microbes evolving those new ways.

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