illuminate

It was submitted by Dr Ning Xu, a researcher at Tsinghua University in China, who used a series of complicated light waves to illuminate different parts of the sample in colour.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Black holes themselves do not emit light, but a TDE temporarily supplies material that can illuminate the region around one.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

They play with perspective, color, space and time to illuminate postwar American tensions, be they racial, political or existential.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Several local children with the condition joined him for a ceremony to illuminate the building in the campaign colour, teal.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

Presses the unlock button to illuminate the screen.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

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

With an incredible cast, including Lesley Manville, Kevin Doyle and Lorraine Ashbourne, it is deeply moving drama that illuminates the personal price of social divisions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

While we’re on the topic of Brin and Lake Tahoe, let me share another early anecdote that illuminates the mindset I’m referring to, and that I wrote about way back in 1999.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

But his inquiry illuminates one possible pathway through the mirrored hallways where history and myth reflect and distort each other in seeming perpetuity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

There’s no breeze, my white curtains are like gauze bandages, hanging limp, glimmering in the aura cast by the searchlight that illuminates this house at night, or is there a moon?

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

The August full Moon, also known as the Sturgeon Moon, illuminated the sky over the UK on Thursday night.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Her signature maxim — “It costs a lot of money to look this cheap” — drew laughs for decades even as it illuminated the unflinching honesty of her creative approach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

After nabbing a plush hot dog and a red-and-white rabbit, Yokerathinam flashed his prizes into his phone’s camera, illuminated by the portable light he’d attached to a neighboring machine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

The night tours, which run until 11:00 pm, are sold out and tourists on one visit this week spoke of a "magical" and "romantic" atmosphere in the illuminated monument.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

From where she stood, Annabeth couldn’t see what was below, but the edge flickered with red light as if illuminated by huge fires.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Thousands had come to watch that night and marvel at the temporary lights illuminating the field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The Journal’s Washington Coverage Chief Damian Paletta and political reporters Sabrina Rodriguez and Josh Dawsey will tell us how they’re bringing audiences inside the places and conversations illuminating American living rooms and assembly halls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

These are often bound up under one general heading of "polarisation", but it's been illuminating to unpack them.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

It can be a tedious but illuminating chore that will help you become more aware of where your money is going.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

The shifting light catches and releases the brightness of his shirt, the grey of his hair, illuminating the disapproving glare on his face as he watches the Carousel over his daughter’s shoulder.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern