instructive
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Inviting the client to weigh the costs and benefits of risk-taking can also prove instructive.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
But if he gets a chance, it will be instructive for United's coaches to see how he copes with senior opponents.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
For anyone to whom the word means a bit more, this “Moana” is an instructive example of its opposite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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
And he was wrong about the Beni, the place they inhabited—wrong in a way that is instructive, even exemplary.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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