instructive
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Haney moved for a mistrial, saying that “forcing continued deliberations through some instructive method … it has the potential to be coercive.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Those moves are instructive given the quickening inflation environment that has gripped markets since the U.S. war with Iran stoked global crude prices to the highest levels in four years.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
At Tottenham, the Amazon documentary All or Nothing captured something instructive.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
The response from his intended audience was instructive.
From Salon ● May 11, 2026
“Please, ma’am, could I inquire if this highly instructive and charming institution is a new one?”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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