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enlighten

[en-lahyt-n] / ɛnˈlaɪt n /


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A director who loves our country and wants to enlighten us with consequential historical exhibits would be a better fit.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

He offers never-ending reruns of the same speech, and at this point it fails to entertain, enlighten or move anyone.

From Salon Jul. 31, 2026

I can give Bill something that people don’t understand and progress the story and maybe enlighten people.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 28, 2026

So can you enlighten us as to the great wisdom Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito share in their own concurrences?

From Slate Jun. 18, 2025

“Where is she now? Will someone please enlighten me?”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

There's not a lot of focus on music that enlightens people, and that carries over to other products as well.

From Salon Jun. 17, 2023

Patrick Carone, a former editor at Abercrombie’s quarterly magazine, enlightens viewers on the concept of a mall: “Imagine, like, a search engine that you could walk through.”

From New York Times Apr. 18, 2022

But it thrives as an autonomous sphere, and as I age, it’s increasingly the one that succors, enlarges, and enlightens me most, when I have the energy and presence to bring to it.

From Slate Dec. 20, 2019

Poverty casts a dark shadow, while love enlightens the ambience.

From Seattle Times Nov. 27, 2019

“You are like he was,” Keith enlightens me, “and just like him, you were most likely to die the same way—a quarter of what you could have been....”

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

You know, if everybody has the same idea and the same belief, we’re never going to learn anything, we’re never going to be enlightened to anything beyond ourselves.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

“Are our moneyed men less enlightened to their own interest, or less enterprising in the pursuit?,” the future Treasury secretary wrote External link in 1780.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

Quite poorly educated, quite easily misled, perhaps less than enlightened.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

Being a deeply enlightened and attuned individual, she offers up her age before I can ask: 53.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

What I had read in the tennis magazines simply confounded rather than enlightened me.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

"Together, these records offer a more complex and enlightening account of the Revolution, showing how its consequences were felt far beyond the Thirteen Colonies," Cunningham added.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

Alexander said: "It was the single most enlightening conversation I've had in the last month on trade so I see why you hold him in such high regard."

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

But the Glass year is already officially underway with two curiously enlightening projects this month.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

But instead of simply riding or feeding the frenzy, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, stakes out enlightening new ground in “Frida: The Making of an Icon,” on view through May 17.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

The walking tour guides one through the city's various landmarks, reciting bits of information the listener might find enlightening.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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