as in informative
providing useful information or knowledge
an instructive demonstration of the proper way to pack a suitcase so your clothes don't arrive in a mess
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Similarly instructive was the family’s return to Parma in 1955.
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Hazlitt, 4 Sep. 2024
The example of legendary investor Warren Buffet, 93, is instructive.
—Andy Busser, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Yet, here too, the parallel with Johnson is instructive.
—Marc J. Selverstone / Made By History, TIME, 12 Aug. 2024
It’s been instructive, too, to observe novice backpackers attempt it one hiking pole and electrolyte pouch at a time.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 6 Aug. 2024
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Hazlitt, 4 Sep. 2024
The example of legendary investor Warren Buffet, 93, is instructive.
—Andy Busser, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Yet, here too, the parallel with Johnson is instructive.
—Marc J. Selverstone / Made By History, TIME, 12 Aug. 2024
It’s been instructive, too, to observe novice backpackers attempt it one hiking pole and electrolyte pouch at a time.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Instructive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instructive. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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