illuminative
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Strauss, who also adapted “Nine Perfect Strangers,” transforms Gibson's story into a fast-paced, funny and illuminative parable that, in its unique way, explains how fringe disinformation became our reality, and how the ludicrous became plausible.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2025
Stein’s career is so accomplished that some stories inevitably get left out, but the ones he puts in aren’t always illuminative.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 13, 2018
Balancing the two extremes might make for an interesting and illuminative exercise.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2018
The material is what gives street signs and lane markings their illuminative properties.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2017
No philosophical writer, not even Plato, equals him in the command of illuminative metaphors; and the fine dignity of his style is beyond all praise.
From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)
