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serving to explain
the explanatory section has as its heading "What the New Tax Changes Mean"
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On the other hand, there’s no opportunity to slip an explanatory warning page into the browser.
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PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
But an explanatory note to a draft law about fines for failing to register revealed that 6 million Ukrainian nationals of conscription age still had not updated their military registration data within 60 days of the legislation coming into force.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
In 2020, he was named alongside his colleagues as a Pulitzer Prize finalist in explanatory reporting.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Who among our staff writers recently won a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting—and for what story?
—The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024
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PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
But an explanatory note to a draft law about fines for failing to register revealed that 6 million Ukrainian nationals of conscription age still had not updated their military registration data within 60 days of the legislation coming into force.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
In 2020, he was named alongside his colleagues as a Pulitzer Prize finalist in explanatory reporting.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Who among our staff writers recently won a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting—and for what story?
—The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Explanatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explanatory. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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