explanatory

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To be sure, the predictor is not a short-term market-timing tool; its greatest explanatory power exists at the 10-year horizon.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

This is an explanatory article that may be updated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Shaffer succeeds in this regard, but the wordy play grows cumbersome in its final explanatory stages.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

"We propose three explanatory hypotheses for discussion," says Güllich.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

A laundry list of at least 14 explanatory factors has been proposed by historians of technology.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond