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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Look at the nameplates above the lockers at the team’s spring-training facility and Rojas’ claim becomes self-explanatory.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

The titles are self-explanatory - Low Self Esteem, People Pleaser, Some Things Don’t Last Forever - reflecting the chatty openness of her lyrics.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2024

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

Most old text adventure games were pretty self-explanatory, so I’d never actually bothered to read the Zork instruction manual.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline