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There are explanatory notes at the front of the book.
the explanatory section has as its heading “What the New Tax Changes Mean”
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The possible explanatory layers overwhelm, and so there’s an honesty to how the series opts to focus on the devastation instead, fading out on the image of the Miller family torn apart and Eddie breaking down on Jamie’s bed.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Among the honors: Staff Writer Jack Harris placed in the top 10 for beat reporting for his work chronicling the Dodgers’ run to the 2024 World Series and in the top 10 in the explanatory category for an article examining the Dodgers’ role in MLB’s pitching injury epidemic.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
In quick succession, the agencies recently disclosed an explanatory memorandum, demand for payment and other documentation obtained by the Sentinel that blame the widespread and hazardous pollution on the defunct factory and its users.
—Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025
The more, however, that the lawyers gleaned from these questions, the less explanatory power the answers seemed to possess.
—Katie Ebner-Landy, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Among the honors: Staff Writer Jack Harris placed in the top 10 for beat reporting for his work chronicling the Dodgers’ run to the 2024 World Series and in the top 10 in the explanatory category for an article examining the Dodgers’ role in MLB’s pitching injury epidemic.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
In quick succession, the agencies recently disclosed an explanatory memorandum, demand for payment and other documentation obtained by the Sentinel that blame the widespread and hazardous pollution on the defunct factory and its users.
—Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025
The more, however, that the lawyers gleaned from these questions, the less explanatory power the answers seemed to possess.
—Katie Ebner-Landy, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Explanatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/explanatory. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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explanatory
adjective
ex·plan·a·to·ry
ik-ˈsplan-ə-ˌtōr-ē 
-ˌtȯr-
: serving to explain
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