instructive
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While all his experiences up to 2016 were instructive, they couldn’t buffer the shock and disgust of the backlash to his protest.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026
A deal he worked on was instructive, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
I don’t have a crystal ball, but history is instructive.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Inviting the client to weigh the costs and benefits of risk-taking can also prove instructive.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
But those average figures conceal big differences among the industries of each country, related to differences in organization—and those differences are very instructive.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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