illuminated

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Rare illuminated manuscripts and period paintings allow for comparisons with the different forms and make the case that these cards are just as accomplished as other creations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

In mid-summer, nights are shorter and the Sun stays closer to the horizon, allowing the ISS to remain illuminated by the Sun for longer.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

On April 12, the Moon was only about 25 percent illuminated.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

The work depicts a group of characters who find themselves trapped in a warren of bizarrely laid-out rooms resembling empty offices, illuminated by a pallid yellow light.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

“Paris will always be Paris,” Maurice Chevalier sang, if pleadingly, in 1939—but the City of Lights was rarely illuminated.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee