explanatory
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Regardless of what other indicators you include in your model, you often find that including interest rates in your model not only does not increase its explanatory power but actually reduces it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
She was also part of a team at the Tribune that won the Loeb Award for explanatory reporting for coverage of Chicago’s municipal debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Those indicators, which have predicted movements in consumer sentiment, have lost their explanatory power recently.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
While not exactly winding down its tenseness, “Omaha” exits with some explanatory text about the origins of its narrative that will punctuate your sadness with shocks.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
He would have been fascinated by its implications, moved by the tenderness of its labor, and struck by its strange explanatory power.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing explanatory
Common Core Grades 7–8, List 4
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Common Core Grade 6, List 4
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Common Core Grades 9–10, List 4
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