light upon
Example Sentences
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What this exposé casts a light upon is a much less visible element.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
"If we can clearly understand the mechanisms for increasing the atmospheric oxygen content, it will shed light upon the biosignature detection in other planets," said Dr. Ratnayake.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025
Company personnel sent out to observe how the equipment responded “observed a small flash of white light upon each re-energization,” according to a Feb. 6 letter from Edison to the California Public Utilities Commission.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025
Is casting light upon the unremarked upon also part of the utility of the poet?
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2021
Sometimes I sat watching the watery play of light upon Douglass' portrait, thinking how magical it was that he had talked his way from slavery to a government ministry, and so swiftly.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
