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illustrative

 adjective
     
il‧lus‧tra‧tive
1 helping to explain the meaning of something
illustrative of
The case is illustrative of a common pattern.
For illustrative purposes, only a simple example is given here.
2 having pictures, especially to help you understand something:
graphics and other illustrative material
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