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interpretive

[in-tur-pri-tiv] / ɪnˈtɜr prɪ tɪv /


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The adaptation delves more into their marital melancholy, but I felt I understood them better in Shakespeare’s original, which recognizes the power of suggestion and interpretive restraint.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

The data turns Shin’s hawkishness from an interpretive risk into a policy path.

From MarketWatch Jun. 4, 2026

The broad audience reach and the nightly airing of these shows have ensured that the jokes create a broad interpretive community that translates comedic barbs into collective consciousness.

From Salon May 19, 2026

In Washington, attorney David Sobel last month sued to find out how the interpretive sign about Senator Francis Griffith Newlands was removed from the fountain near his home.

From Barron's May 17, 2026

Some biographers, pursuing the same interpretive line, have suggested that his deep-rooted insecurities drove him onto the plains of Weehawken and then into the fatal gaze of Aaron Burr.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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