annotates

verb

present tense third-person singular of annotate
as in interprets
to add notes or comments to (a text, book, drawing, etc.) He annotated the text at several places. annotate a list

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Recent Examples of annotates Pretending to be the smart person who annotates their books can lead to becoming that person. — Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2025
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  1. interprets
  2. analyzes
  3. explains
  4. illustrates
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  • Unlike standard hearing and vision tests, these assessments examine how the brain interprets what the child hears and sees and may help identify underlying weaknesses contributing to behaviors associated with ADHD or autism.
    — Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 25 July 2026
  • When a disability fundamentally alters how an individual understands relationships or interprets social situations, failing to recognize those differences risks producing outcomes that satisfy consistency while falling short of justice.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
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  • Most existing software analyzes either sensor data or maintenance records independently.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
  • Rajasekharan said Cleo addresses these pain points with AI-native anomaly detection that continuously analyzes activity.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 July 2026
Definition of analyzes
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  • There are a lot of caveats that education reporter Martha Dalton explains neatly for us.
    — Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 22 July 2026
  • All of that perhaps explains why Rodgers, who grew up in an evangelical Christian environment, may have rejected his family for a time.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of explains
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  • The Howard episode dramatically illustrates two seemingly contradictory facts about the 10 private and 10 public schools honored on Forbes’ first-ever ranking of America’s Top HBCUs.
    — Asia Alexander, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The backtracking illustrates how the politics of criminal justice have shifted since 2020, posing dilemmas for Democrats’ midterm strategy and their ability to enact their preferred solutions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
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