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  • present participle of edify.
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edifying

[ed-uh-fahy-ing] / ˈɛd əˌfaɪ ɪŋ /


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The machinery was imperfect, the politics were real, and those who lost were not always treated well—the history of what followed Nicaea is not uniformly edifying.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

All that matters in this moment is one of life's most edifying trivialities: snooker.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

There’s nothing here that the viewer can’t glean from the documentary, and in fact, the doc is a far more edifying and affecting work than Safdie’s stylish regurgitation.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025

It’s also a central pillar of the pair’s edifying new sitcom.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

“I’ll sit over here with Nell, and if you come across any particularly edifying moral precepts you think would do me good, read them aloud.”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson




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