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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

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

And I’ll just pray to the gods of the arts to enlighten me.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2024

Because I break bread with and claim to be part of this marked construct, this otherness, complete with jail time within the carceral state, allow me to enlighten you.

From Salon Jan. 1, 2024

“We have some time before supper-hour. I hope that will prove sufficient to enlighten you.”

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

Unfortunately, however, the Netflix series obscures on this issue more than it enlightens.

From Slate Apr. 30, 2025

This is her place to retreat inward with her sheep to create prose that enlightens us and products that feed us.

From Seattle Times Jun. 16, 2023

The deeply felt elegance of Dandridge’s rendition of “Send in the Clowns” enlightens, even if belatedly, Hayden’s Fredrik, who grows in gravitas and, therefore, appeal.

From Los Angeles Times May 2, 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

I will read further, searching until I find an explanation that enlightens me.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Phenomenal amounts of self-righteous bloviating about enlightened or benighted child-feeding have gone on for centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

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

The passing of the regent removed from the scene an enlightened and tolerant man who achieved the goal that marks the reign of all great leaders: he kept his people united.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Yes, a book about the history of the bond market can be entertaining and enlightening.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

"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

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

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

With six politicians vying for your attention, these debates can be noisy and argumentative, but they can also be enlightening and influential.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

If enlightening, it is called “having an epiphany.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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