instructive

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For Goldhaber, the response to “Pipeline” became instructive for his work becoming less prescriptive.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

It's instructive to see how comfortable the four of them are in each other's company and with the position they find themselves in.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

The experiences of two others—Miller and Martin—may be more instructive because they illustrate how a Fed chair can disappoint a president even when inflation isn’t the reason.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

As geopolitical tensions ratchet ever higher, it may be instructive to look at just how exposed U.S. markets are to foreign investors.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026

But those average figures conceal big differences among the industries of each country, related to differences in organization—and those differences are very instructive.

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