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interpretive

[in-tur-pri-tiv] / ɪnˈtɜr prɪ tɪv /


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Theatergoers have to improvise their own interpretive strategies as the play shifts and shifts again.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Therefore, Jackson, unlike Kagan, did not resolve the interpretive issue here on the majority opinion’s textualist terms.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

And Kate Bush’s immortal 1978 single, with its swooping, operatic drama, interpretive dance–filled video and ghostly narrator only strengthened the book’s rep as a tale of exquisitely tortured love.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026

His interpretive approach, refined over years of studying the nuclear threat, credibly sifts the historical record without slowing the book’s tempo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

“My sophomore year, I took set design when I couldn’t get into interpretive dance. I’m pretty good at building things.”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray