explainer

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Debut host Tina Fey, a former “SNL” star and head writer, started her monologue with a cheeky explainer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 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

Treasuries—see Barron’s explainer of the yen carry trade, which has funded U.S. government debt purchases for years.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

‘The third way is for you to make it plain to the explainer that he does not understand what he is explaining.’

From The Disentanglers by Lang, Andrew