expository
adjective
ex·pos·i·to·ry
ik-ˈspä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē 
: of, relating to, or containing exposition
expository writing
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an expository piece on the workings of the internal-combustion engine
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But the artifacts of the New Literalism seem to embrace mediation, even to double down on it with their supplementary signposts, historical snapshots, and expository tics.
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Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
For the latter, there is plenty of inorganic, expository dialogue to go around while the family (which now includes Hanan) watches TV and reacts to the happenings around them.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
In a tricky-to-follow expository prologue, delivered as a presentation by Frances (Mason-Hyde) to their school’s LGBTQIA+ students club, we’re told that Jim and his wife challenged convention by staying together.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
The first couple episodes begin with ominous cold opens new to the material, tackling the expository scientific explanation for the horrors to come in clever ways.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 10 Jan. 2023
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Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
For the latter, there is plenty of inorganic, expository dialogue to go around while the family (which now includes Hanan) watches TV and reacts to the happenings around them.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
In a tricky-to-follow expository prologue, delivered as a presentation by Frances (Mason-Hyde) to their school’s LGBTQIA+ students club, we’re told that Jim and his wife challenged convention by staying together.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
The first couple episodes begin with ominous cold opens new to the material, tackling the expository scientific explanation for the horrors to come in clever ways.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 10 Jan. 2023
See All Example Sentences for expository
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“Expository.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expository. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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