1
as in to inform
to give information to
the lecturer at the planetarium enlightened us about the latest astronomical discoveries
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as in to educate
to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding
many people around the world have been enlightened by the teachings of Gautama Buddha
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Recent Examples of enlighten
This year, photojournalists across the USA TODAY Network have captured these slices of time, moments that enlightened our curiosity and captivated our attention.
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Visual Editors, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
For readers drawn to literature that challenges, enlightens, and resonates with the current cultural moment, James is essential.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
These sites carefully cull and cultivate information, not to enlighten but to reinforce and deepen existing points of view.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 6 Dec. 2024
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—Carina Brackett, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
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Visual Editors, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
For readers drawn to literature that challenges, enlightens, and resonates with the current cultural moment, James is essential.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
These sites carefully cull and cultivate information, not to enlighten but to reinforce and deepen existing points of view.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 6 Dec. 2024
To take the pressure out of having to hold up a book for a long period of time and enlighten an avid reader to a liberating hands-free experience, consider giving the gift of a Book Seat.
—Carina Brackett, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
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Morningstar informs us that the SPDR Bloomberg High Yield fund has averaged a total return (coupons plus price changes) of 5.1% a year, three points better than the return on the Vanguard all-purpose fund that owns only higher quality debt.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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For democracies like India and the United States, these tools can be transformative in informing citizens and safeguarding public discourse.—
Shashi Shekhar Vempati,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Jan. 2025
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Eaddy says the focus of the festival is to entertain, educate and inspire Black story tellers who have a desire to create stories of the struggles and the joys of the Black community.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Jan. 2025
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Face the facts as to what some Republicans believe about who should be educated, who should have the opportunities to advance themselves, who should have advanced degrees, who should be doctors and lawyers and engineers and scientists.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
17 Jan. 2025
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The 24-year-old Brooklyn man who was run down by a group of attackers and fatally stabbed Thursday was a father and aspiring rapper, the victim’s family told the Daily News Saturday.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
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One fundamental Roseman has taken into account, Banner told PHLY’s YouTube show last week, was the reality that nearly 80% of NFL games are won by the team that leads at halftime.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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It is inspired by the extraordinary real-life story of Mathias Rust, a young West German teenager in 1987 who shocked the world by flying through Soviet air defences and landed a Cessna aeroplane right in the middle of the Red Square.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Jian DeLeon, men’s fashion director, Nordstrom Favorite collections: Lemaire, Sacai, Rick Owens, Kiko Kostadinov, Dior Best show format: Louis Vuitton’s archival exhibition featuring the collectibles from Pharrell and Nigo’s archives that inspired the show.—
Rhonda Richford,
WWD,
27 Jan. 2025
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Though Arledge died in 2002, the real Geoff Mason was an invaluable resource to the production, from advising on drafts of the script to helping secure rights to the original broadcast footage.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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These are foods that the American Academy of Pediatrics has long advised parents to limit in kids' diets for other reasons, too.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
18 Jan. 2025
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The president also instructed federal officials to investigate local authorities that interfere with the new anti-immigration measures, according to a Justice Department memo sent Tuesday and obtained by NBC News.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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One of Huffman's orders instructed officials to start the process of phasing out Biden administration policies that allowed certain migrants to enter the U.S. through an immigration authority known as parole.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2025
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