illuminate
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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
Does “Pepperpot City” profoundly illuminate the City of Brotherly Love’s role in “the Foundation of American Cuisine?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
That changes when the researchers illuminate many regions at once with a broad laser beam.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
I hope I will remember what it felt like to really see those specks of light that illuminate the darkness.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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A laser illuminates a cell, causing tiny structures inside it to scatter some of the incoming light.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 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
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
“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
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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
Thankfully, AI has illuminated what colleges and universities must do—namely, what AI can’t do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Permission was also sought to play music along parts of the designated route lined with illuminated features depicting scenes from the Harry Potter franchise.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
An infield painted black sought to focus attention on the illuminated live events, while the horizontal jumps were decided in a bright pink sandpit.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The particular path he chooses to wander down has no obvious doors, it is only a passageway between tents, endless stripes illuminated by flickering lights.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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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
Thousands had come to watch that night and marvel at the temporary lights illuminating the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
They broke into cheers and applause, cheered again when the eclipse ended, and once more an hour later when the sun set, a burnished ocher illuminating Léon’s cathedral.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
As we curve around into the loop of the City Circle, I can see that a couple of the other stylists have tried to steal Cinna and Portia’s idea of illuminating their tributes.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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