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as in informed
to give information to
the lecturer at the planetarium enlightened us about the latest astronomical discoveries
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as in inspired
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 enlightened
Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Sep. 2024
As for how the show will be received, Brown has a healthy outlook — one that a post-therapy, more enlightened Queenie may have embraced.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 11 June 2024
These enlightened and classically republican ideals, values and standards came to circumscribe and control their behavior.
—Gordon S. Wood, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
These ambitions will be hard to accomplish without enlightened leadership and a healthy dose of imagination.
—Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2024
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People are getting more and more enlightened and smarter and more curious and introspective and people are getting more calcified and angry and mad and closing the circle at the same time.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Sep. 2024
As for how the show will be received, Brown has a healthy outlook — one that a post-therapy, more enlightened Queenie may have embraced.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 11 June 2024
These enlightened and classically republican ideals, values and standards came to circumscribe and control their behavior.
—Gordon S. Wood, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
These ambitions will be hard to accomplish without enlightened leadership and a healthy dose of imagination.
—Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2024
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Advertisement The share of non-Latino white residents dropped from 61% to 54%, and the county has gotten more educated and wealthier, according to the Census Bureau.Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Notably, the demographic profile of those leaving reveals the departure of Israel’s most educated and economically mobile citizens.Samuel Burke, Fortune Europe, 27 Nov. 2024
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Employees at Maison Margiela were informed of the change Wednesday just ahead of the company Christmas party, which is sure to be bittersweet.Miles Socha, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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Her experience as a professional makeup artist has informed the thoughtful curation of products for her namesake brand.Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The items here are both local and international, hand-packed and inspired by owner Mia Sakai’s travels.Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
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Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple.Julianna Bragg, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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By contrast, the recent behavior of the rebels who have just conquered Syria looks reassuringly civilized.Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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The United States is a civilized country with strong democratic institutions.Steven A. Harvey, Baltimore Sun, 4 Nov. 2024
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On Wednesday, a suicide bomber disguised himself as a visitor to the Ministry of Refugees compound, detonating his bomb as Haqqani was signing paperwork, a ministry spokesperson told CNN.Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Salt Lake County Jail told Newsweek Murray was released on Tuesday.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Residents are also advised not to follow behind people who have fallen into the ice, the chief said.Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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People who have tummy tucks, for example, are advised to stay hunched over for two weeks after their procedures while the skin heals.Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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Seven years later, Field’s hired Arthur Fraser, the father of modern window trimming.Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2024
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But all your papers require context, Gabriel, even the modern ones.Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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The menu, too, is very grown up—fundamentally Italian, as much of the cooking in the Tarlow universe is, and built around a live-fire oven that crackles in the open kitchen, which fills the front section of one of the restaurant’s two rooms.Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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Created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan, Modern Family followed the extended Dunphy family, including patriarch Jay Pritchett (Ed O’Neill), his two grown kids Claire and Mitchell (Ferguson), as well as their spouses and kids.Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Enlightened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlightened. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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