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enlightenment

[en-lahyt-n-muhnt] / ɛnˈlaɪt n mənt /


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McDade says institutions purchased the book because, during the enlightenment, their members had a "great curiosity" about the wider world.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

In the mid-1970s, Florida began a period of environmental enlightenment.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Aleys, at first, seems to be on a path toward personal enlightenment.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

But “The Singing Word: 168 Years of Poetry from The Atlantic” is lovely, both as a collection and in the pleasure and enlightenment readers will derive from individual poems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Your letters have provided me such entertainment and enlightenment that I have shared them with Mr. George Miltenberger, editor of the Arlington News.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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