explainer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of explainer
First recorded in 1575–1600; explain ( def. ) + -er 1 ( def. )
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Take a look at this explainer from Isabelle and colleagues here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The video explainer referred to inspections only generally, and the state’s written guidance indicated only that this would need to happen before occupancy.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Co-directed with Nick Gibbons, the 2018 short takes the structure of a video-game explainer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
This will keep 400,000 affordable homes intact for families, according to a bill explainer from the Senate Finance Committee.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
A "natural" death in the dungeons of the Inquisition saved Antonio de Dominis, the explainer of the rainbow, from the same fate, but his body and books were publicly burned at Rome in 1624.
From Pioneers of Science by Sir Oliver Lodge
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