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explainer

[ik-spley-ner] / ɪkˈspleɪ nər /


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Co-directed with Nick Gibbons, the 2018 short takes the structure of a video-game explainer.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

A "Defence Investment Plan Funding explainer", external published by the government outlines that £700m will be saved from the Department of Transport from its roads funding.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

This will keep 400,000 affordable homes intact for families, according to a bill explainer from the Senate Finance Committee.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

In the broader conversation around the study, this very magazine ran an explainer on the trial and deemed it, overall, to be “shoddy science.”

From Slate Jan. 30, 2026

You could have explained the matter perfectly to your Father if the Housekeeper-Woman had not made you cry so that you broke your explainer.

From The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott




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