edifying
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Saying why, or even providing a chronology to this progressively absorbing and edifying Ewing-Grady film, would be to undermine its architecture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
For Jane Fleischer Reid, granddaughter of Betty Boop co-creator Max Fleischer and creator of Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored, working with Buermann on Boop’s birthday party was “delightful” and edifying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Witnessing the abrupt ending to a political career is never an edifying spectacle.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
They prepare students to discern right from wrong, truth from lies—a process so edifying it can be, as Mr. Kessler advises, as “fun” and “addictive” as any tech.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
“At the Villa Rossa. It was very edifying, baby. We all sang. Where have you been?”
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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