self-explanatory

Example Sentences

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“It seems like, ‘OK, that’s a pretty simple contract because it’s pretty self-explanatory where you fall in the ecosystem and the hierarchy.’

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

A mud ball is actually quite self-explanatory - it's when golf balls get covered in mud and dirt during bad weather.

From BBC • May 16, 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

Most of the words were self-explanatory, but Thomas wondered about a couple of them.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner