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self-explanatory

[self-ik-splan-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, self-] / ˈsɛlf ɪkˈsplæn əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˌsɛlf- /


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They played well enough for Martin O'Neill so the answer is self-explanatory.

From BBC Jan. 3, 2026

Many of the new titles aren’t exactly self-explanatory.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

The title of the special “Lucky” feels self-explanatory given the life that you lead, at least the life people see.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 18, 2025

Yet the collapse in Baltimore on Tuesday might have been avoided, some of the engineers said, if the piers were adequately equipped with blocking devices with a self-explanatory name: fenders.

From New York Times Mar. 26, 2024

“There’s a bunch of purple paintbrushes,” he said, pointing at flowers that are pretty self-explanatory, I should think.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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