explainer

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Barker wisely fashioned “Obsession” as a contemporary movie, taking inspiration from a “Simpsons” rerun and revamping it into something the socially conscious, explainer video-addicted YouTube audience might enjoy.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

For more details on the impact of the industrial action on your commute, click on the explainer below.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 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 can review this earlier WSJ explainer that gives a bit more context about what a fume event is and how it can happen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

A "natural" death in the dungeons of the Inquisition saved Antonio de Dominis, the explainer of the rainbow, from the same fate, but his body and books were publicly burned at Rome in 1624.

From Pioneers of Science by Lodge, Oliver, Sir