illuminate
Example Sentences
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Musicians illuminated stages with bell-bottom jeans, platform shoes and colourful headbands.
From BBC
If you want to challenge your boss, try raising thoughtful, nonconfrontational questions that illuminate risks or unintended consequences of a plan or decision.
"These findings illuminate how marine ecosystems developed through intense trophic competition and shaped the diversity we see today," added Hans Larsson, co-author of the study and Professor in the Department of Biology.
From Science Daily
He would become a pre-eminent scholar of disasters and spend the rest of his long career illuminating the corrosive, collective traumas left in their wake.
Some suspects leave behind illuminating writings or social-media posts, but others leave little for authorities to investigate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
