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as in explanatory
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as in uplifting
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as in educating
to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding
a family-oriented show that tried to edify the television audience as well as entertain it
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Recent Examples of edifying
Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2022
May our conversation be joyful, edifying and encouraging.
—Blair Donovan, Country Living, 18 Oct. 2022
Without asking you to comment on ACS specifically, in your opinion, can anything positive or edifying ever come from a true-crime series that is made without the family's involvement?
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
Recent years have seen a notable rise in the retelling and memorializing of the more positive and edifying human qualities that were also part of a searingly traumatic time, say postcolonial historians and experts in Partition.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2022
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Despite the pitfalls, some edifying points are delivered well in the special — namely, in establishing that Janet always saw her older brother Michael as her competition, despite being frequently positioned against Madonna’s reign.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2022
May our conversation be joyful, edifying and encouraging.
—Blair Donovan, Country Living, 18 Oct. 2022
Without asking you to comment on ACS specifically, in your opinion, can anything positive or edifying ever come from a true-crime series that is made without the family's involvement?
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
Recent years have seen a notable rise in the retelling and memorializing of the more positive and edifying human qualities that were also part of a searingly traumatic time, say postcolonial historians and experts in Partition.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edifying
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The movie, without devoting one explanatory line of dialogue to it, treats Avery’s career as an existential relationship ender.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
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The body language of Alexander-Arnold was such that Slot appeared briefly at his side to offer a few explanatory words.Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
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Furthermore, educating users about AI empowers them to make informed decisions, enhancing the likelihood that technology positively influences society.Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Interventions that schools should immediately consider include educating children on digital literacy, encouraging discussions on social media etiquette as well as designating specific times for social media use both at school and home.Omer Awan, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Skip to the current day and supercomputers are performing a nearly unfathomable number of calculations daily to produce highly detailed weather forecasts many days into the future around the globe.Mary Gilbert, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Many of the funerary engravings that have been found are much longer and more detailed than the one in Blais’ studio.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
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When John Magaro was eyeballing acting as a living and soaking up ’70s movies in college, Dustin Hoffman’s career looked awfully inspiring.Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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Leadership is often idealized as a force for good—driving positive change, inspiring teams and achieving ambitious goals.Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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This process has been both challenging and enlightening.Shay Levister, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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For the sake of history, thank goodness scores of them are preserved in this enlightening and entertaining book.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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But playing his character required wearing copious amounts of makeup and being covered head-to-toe in green faux fur and heavy prosthetics.Jen Juneau, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Oxygen began filling up the atmosphere in copious amounts, allowing life an opportunity to rapidly advance from simple microbes to complex, fascinating creatures in the Cambrian explosion.Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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In a stunningly moving scene, Sam leads his shaken and shattered partner, Michael (Omari Douglas), to safety amid an unexpected and bloody shootout at their apartment.Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
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These scenes, combined with Tendler’s detailing of her relationship with her mother, make for some of the best and most moving writing in the book, to say nothing of a very beautiful chapter on her French bulldog, Petunia, toward the end.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
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Successfully navigating a career change requires a comprehensive understanding of the new industry and skillfully marketing your transferable skills to prospective employers.Dieneria Brown, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Workers United, which has a bargaining delegation that represents workers at 525 Starbucks stores in the United States, said the coffee giant has yet to bring a comprehensive economic package to the table, while hundreds of legal disputes over unfair labor practices remain unsettled.Juveria Tabassum, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Edifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edifying. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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