instructive
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The contrast with World War II is instructive.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
Their comments have been instructive; they aren’t looking to flood the market with oil.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
At Tottenham, the Amazon documentary All or Nothing captured something instructive.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
And for big-name golfers such as Jon Rahm, who might eventually seek a return to the PGA Tour, Koepka’s journey is instructive.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
I have wondered, incidentally: does Our Father have his Bibles so entirely in mind that he can select an instructive verse and calculate backward to the one-hundredth previous?
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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