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illuminate

[ih-loo-muh-nayt, ih-loo-muh-nit, -nayt] / ɪˈlu məˌneɪt, ɪˈlu mə nɪt, -ˌneɪt /




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Officials also don’t publish a monthly labor-force participation rate, which would illuminate the health of the labor market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

What, if anything, about this documentary may help illuminate a few things for people, regardless of their political leanings, as we approach the midterms?

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

But this year may also illuminate broader forces that continue to resonate long after votes are counted.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

Together, these observations reveal how jets can alter or illuminate gas at tremendous distances from a galaxy's center.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Presses the unlock button to illuminate the screen.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

Taken at 8:30 a.m. local Mars time, the scene reveals striking blue tones across the foreground while morning sunlight illuminates rugged cliffs known as yardangs along the horizon.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

As business leaders wrestle with their AI implementations, a new report from Pew Research Center illuminates how ordinary citizens feel about the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

It’s worth thinking about because it illuminates the principles that we should be applying to questions of governance in this country.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

Sarris hopes that the novel illuminates an uncomfortable history of Sonoma County that remains largely invisible, looming beneath the soil of wine country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

“Sometimes light illuminates things that are better left in the dark. Besides, you never know who is watching.”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

Gloria Molina Grand Park transforms into an illuminated, sacred civic sanctuary for the 2026 presentation of Downtown Día de los Muertos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

The illuminated exhaust plumes were visible across the eastern United States, giving observers a remarkable view of the rocket's journey into space.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Residents across the UK were left stunned as the sky was illuminated by the spectacular colours of the Northern Lights on Friday and Saturday evenings.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Elsewhere, King Gillette Ranch’s “Night of the Jack” is a milelong trail filled with pumpkin delights and illuminated installations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

A century of exploration of genetics illuminated how organisms transmit “likeness” to each other.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Thunder and lightning have boomed across Marseille following the weekend's mayhem, illuminating the cracked windows and boarded-up doors of hundreds of businesses that were smashed as protests gave way to disorder.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

It is Mungiu’s sharpest and most illuminating maneuver.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Nobel Prize-winning American researcher Karl Deisseroth is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and bioengineer who has spent more than two decades illuminating the workings of the brain to unlock its mysteries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Rather than behaving like a lamp illuminating everything around it, the jet acts more like a concentrated beam that causes gas to glow along its path.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

The emergency light above that section of the back wall snapped back to full glare like a spotlight, illuminating the enormous black ψ painted there, along with a very clear message: GET OUT NOW.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken


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