enlightenment
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Supporting a plurality of religious beliefs, along with the freedom to hold none at all, was part of the brilliant enlightenment they wrote into the Constitution.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
But if history is any guide, it means a new enlightenment is overdue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
Few topics have been discussed more, to less human enlightenment, than whether women can “have it all”—usually defined as blending marriage, professional ambition and children.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
Indeed, as a viewer in search of entertainment rather than enlightenment, it’s best to treat these characters, however much attached they are to the real people whose names they bear, as entirely fictional.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025
The way it was angled in the fork, it seemed to be on display, for their benefit or enlightenment: this is a leg.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing enlightenment
World Religions
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South Asia - Introductory
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South Asia - Middle School and High School
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