light upon
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"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
On Jan. 19, Edison crews also briefly reenergized the transmission lines over Eaton Canyon and “observed a small flash of white light upon each re-energization.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025
However, modern analysis of the notes has shone a different light upon them.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2023
Her verse is a lamp shedding light upon the mysteries of being human.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2021
They do throw an abundance of light upon what early Greeks were like—a matter, it would seem, of more importance to us, who are their descendants intellectually, artistically, and politically, too.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
