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explainer

[ik-splay-ner] / ɪkˈspleɪ nər /


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The video explainer referred to inspections only generally, and the state’s written guidance indicated only that this would need to happen before occupancy.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Read an explainer of the year’s most bizarre rom-com: One Night Only, the buzzy new movie starring Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner, is garnering plenty of chatter—and raising plenty of questions.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

Last week, the government’s own energy statisticians published an explainer on the term, because, at one of America’s most important oil hubs, prices now suggest the tanks may already be scraping bottom.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

He didn't so much mind Gunch, but he was annoyed by Sidney Finkelstein, that brisk, lean, red-headed explainer of jokes.

From Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis




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