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self-explanatory

[self-ik-splan-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, self-] / ˈsɛlf ɪkˈsplæn əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˌsɛlf- /


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The “Beanie” in the baby caption is self-explanatory, while “Scouse” is a reference to the accent in Roberts’ Liverpool home town.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

The phrase is self-explanatory, but Ms. Farr is insistent, so in her reading the woman polishes silver “until it gleamed.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

They played well enough for Martin O'Neill so the answer is self-explanatory.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

Yet the collapse in Baltimore on Tuesday might have been avoided, some of the engineers said, if the piers were adequately equipped with blocking devices with a self-explanatory name: fenders.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024

Most old text adventure games were pretty self-explanatory, so I’d never actually bothered to read the Zork instruction manual.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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