instructive
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The contrast with World War II is instructive.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
Their comments have been instructive; they aren’t looking to flood the market with oil.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
With each instructive and poetic chapter, she shows us how time used to be measured by birdsong and flower bud, the color of twilight and the wide wheel of stars.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The response is instructive for what it pursued and what it avoided.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
I found the trip instructive in another way because in that hospital I sensed a thawing in the relationship between black and white.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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