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illuminate

[ih-loo-muh-neyt, ih-loo-muh-nit, -neyt] / ɪˈlu məˌneɪt, ɪˈlu mə nɪt, -ˌneɪt /




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Now 21 and studying political science, Iwezue leads Team Illuminate, a collective she founded in 2021 to raise environmental awareness among young Nigerians.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

“There was no way we could keep up with the failure rate,” said Davis, founder of the public-art nonprofit Illuminate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2024

“I feel like there’s a hole in the night sky,” said Ben Davis, the founder of Illuminate, the San Francisco public arts nonprofit behind Bay Lights.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

The agency agreed to bear the maintenance cost of $250,000 a year, while Illuminate at the time announced that it had raised $2 million from philanthropist Tad Taube to help make the project permanent.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2023

Illuminate me with a ray of your intelligence!

From Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order by Richardson, John Purver




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