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serving to explain an edition of Shakespeare's plays with many interpretive footnotes that students should find very helpful
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Recent Examples of interpretive Not only is the castle open to explore with interpretive panels for guidance, but the surrounding grounds offer excellent hiking trails, picnic areas, and great bird-watching, too, for the kind of refined outdoor adventure that never goes out of style. —
Jacqueline Kehoe, Midwest Living, 22 Apr. 2026 The answer is probably the former, but the album’s accumulation of lines like this is enough to throw you a bit, to let in a minor interpretive shift that changes the song’s whole meaning. —Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026 This exchange — centered in the HPI — is investigative, interpretive, and irreducibly human. —Celina Yong, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026 That burden, along with the conventions of the true-crime genre, not to mention that of theater in service of a political point, sometimes hampers the interpretive space of the actors and the creative team, who have to spend a lot of their time getting the facts and the history across. —Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 Modern travelers will find an education center, interpretive trails and campground, per NPS. —Nathan Diller, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Ditto Dor, a former ballerina who pitches her character’s upwardly mobile striver somewhere between sultry slapstick and interpretive dance. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2026 If hired, interpretive rangers may be required to live in government quarters, wear a uniform, and be available to work on-call, including weekends and holidays, and to work overtime. —Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 27 Mar. 2026 And some — like an inquiry for a previous edition of a Boiling Point newsletter about an interpretive exhibit under scrutiny at Death Valley National Park — were fielded by a spokesperson for the Interior Department , rather than the park itself. —Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Jacqueline Kehoe, Midwest Living, 22 Apr. 2026 The answer is probably the former, but the album’s accumulation of lines like this is enough to throw you a bit, to let in a minor interpretive shift that changes the song’s whole meaning. —Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026 This exchange — centered in the HPI — is investigative, interpretive, and irreducibly human. —Celina Yong, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026 That burden, along with the conventions of the true-crime genre, not to mention that of theater in service of a political point, sometimes hampers the interpretive space of the actors and the creative team, who have to spend a lot of their time getting the facts and the history across. —Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 Modern travelers will find an education center, interpretive trails and campground, per NPS. —Nathan Diller, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Ditto Dor, a former ballerina who pitches her character’s upwardly mobile striver somewhere between sultry slapstick and interpretive dance. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2026 If hired, interpretive rangers may be required to live in government quarters, wear a uniform, and be available to work on-call, including weekends and holidays, and to work overtime. —Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 27 Mar. 2026 And some — like an inquiry for a previous edition of a Boiling Point newsletter about an interpretive exhibit under scrutiny at Death Valley National Park — were fielded by a spokesperson for the Interior Department , rather than the park itself. —Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interpretive
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Emmie’s condition is an interpretative riddle for both her parents and the reader.— Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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Will the academy troll Chalamet (and the rest of us) with an interpretative dance performance?— Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
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That’s illustrative, not guaranteed, and real returns will vary with market conditions.— Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
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But last night was illustrative of his season so far.— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Interpretive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/interpretive. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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