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interpretive

[in-tur-pri-tiv] / ɪnˈtɜr prɪ tɪv /


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For “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” he leaps and twirls around the stage performing an interpretive dance to “Moon River,” the theme song from the movie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

It is a powerful distinction, though Mr. Rebeiro’s penchant for parsing interpretive categories occasionally makes a straightforward insight more juridically elaborate than it needs to be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

He explains his interpretive method and defends it against a hostile biographer—and his high-school English teacher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The adaptation delves more into their marital melancholy, but I felt I understood them better in Shakespeare’s original, which recognizes the power of suggestion and interpretive restraint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

She closes her eyes the way she did during her interpretive dance for the class.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina


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