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serving to explain
the explanatory section has as its heading "What the New Tax Changes Mean"
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Content blocking now just dead-ends in a browser error message, where the previous explanatory page offered clarity.
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PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
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The explanatory text describing replicas of the replicas on display in the Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History will be updated.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2025
The anchor posted an explanatory note to Instagram, which was read by her colleague Savannah Guthrie on the Jan. 15 edition of the morning show.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
On the other hand, there’s no opportunity to slip an explanatory warning page into the browser.
—PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
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PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
Read More: 5 Skulls That Shook Up the Story of Human Evolution
Historical Context
The explanatory text describing replicas of the replicas on display in the Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History will be updated.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2025
The anchor posted an explanatory note to Instagram, which was read by her colleague Savannah Guthrie on the Jan. 15 edition of the morning show.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
On the other hand, there’s no opportunity to slip an explanatory warning page into the browser.
—PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Explanatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explanatory. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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