illuminate

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

The museum’s annual Costume Institute show, housed in a new exhibition space, pairs garments with works of art from its collection to illuminate the far-reaching relationship between style and the body.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

"There is a pressing need for well-designed research projects in humans, utilising labelled creatine to generate relevant data and illuminate the grey areas of our knowledge about these compounds," Dr. Boroujerdi explains.

From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026

The writers then dispersed in search of the stories that would illuminate, sharpen, or possibly contradict, their working hypotheses.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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

As the afternoon sunshine pours in through a stained-glass window, it illuminates a century-old design of a man dribbling a football across a pitch.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 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 cooking a people’s food illuminates how cuisines are shaped by religion, history and geography.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Although it remains surprisingly little known outside specialist circles, this master narrative illuminates the origins of every nation in the Americas today.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The team illuminated the material and carefully analyzed the light reflected from it.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

The eatery features Midcentury Modern touches with curved cherry wood walls and paneled ceilings, as well as illuminated white onyx Corian surfaces.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

We went around the long dinner table, illuminated by a fireplace, and read what we’d scribbled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Responding to the demand, Mayor Zohran Mamdani -- a passionate Arsenal supporter -- has announced five free, illuminated pitches open overnight across the city for the duration of the tournament.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Danny blinked a few times, because the ink on the page was illuminated from beneath, just as the first time he’d laid eyes on the book.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Rainbows of light stream through both transparent and stained-glass windows, illuminating the cavernous space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 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

But the film’s screenplay — a biting, laugh-a-minute wonder penned by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack — shrewdly plays with genre conventions and audience expectations, illuminating more depth with every other sentence.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

It soared high, a red shooting star illuminating an endless snow-filled sky.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys