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illuminating

adjective as in lighting up

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The exhibition, filled with beautiful, illuminating juxtapositions of their work and accompanied by an expansive, scholarly catalog, is superb.

I suppose there’s no hope of persuading her to write the first truly illuminating English-language Egyptian cookbook?

This sad insight is part of a discerning, illuminating look into the band’s dissolution, which feels inescapable by the time it happens.

Molten metal glows hot on a conveyor belt, illuminating the faces of busy and attentive workers.

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Discussing unmade films and dealing with an unruly pet iguana, Panahi renders an illuminating self-portrait.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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