illumine

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Recent Examples of illumine The bar was illumined by candles and an uplit line of mostly esoteric liquors along the full-length mirror against the back wall. Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2024 In a room illumined by the light of a few candles, a group of women with veils over their faces conducts a séance. Rhoda Feng, ARTnews.com, 9 Aug. 2024 First a dazzling light show that illumined the arena in a constellation of purple. NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024 Hung’s defense of artistic passion starts with the human touch, then illumines our basic needs and spiritual appetite. Armond White, National Review, 9 Feb. 2024 The papaya-pulp glow of sodium lights on a remote station’s platform revealed the denizens of the wayside: disused open-top hoppers, empty coil cars, corroded gondolas, a modest village in the distance illumined by weak-yellow streetlamps. Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2023 There was in the Registry, besides, her portrait, painted by an artist of the time in the conventional style of the time: haloed, illumined, awestruck eyes fixed upward to the heavens. Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023 The non-narrative videos, which may well come to be regarded as the Sistine Chapel of video art, projected onto epic screens above the orchestra and singers, serve not to illumine Wagner’s drama but his intent. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022 In addition, examples of illustration and decorative design by Holbein and others illumine the varied functions of a sixteenth-century court vocation. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for illumine
Verb
  • The X-rays from Chandra (in red) show young, massive stars illuminating the wreath and sending high-energy light into interstellar space.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Though the phenomenon starts in December, the monsters peak in size in mid-February and are illuminated nightly for tours.
    Anna Mazurek, AFAR Media, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Smith began working ahead of the 2018 midterm election to educate and register Black and brown voters, contracting with Rock The Vote, among others.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • These beautiful American Women quarters will be in circulation for decades to come and continue to educate the American people on our incredible honorees.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • And then growing climate change awareness lit a fire under this phenomenon.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Jews around the globe lit the first of eight candles on Wednesday and came together to celebrate and reflect on their history.
    Philip Pacheco, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The same fitness space that can inspire some folks to push to PRs can make others not even want to step through the doors.
    Christa Sgobba, SELF, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Her experience inspired her to found WomenOne, a non-profit devoted to creating positive change in the lives of women and girls globally through access to quality education.
    Marissa Muller, WWD, 28 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The outlook began to brighten for the family in 2023.
    Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Incandescent lights, seemingly old and obsolete in the age of LEDs, have found purpose again to potentially brighten our future.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Dec. 2024

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“Illumine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illumine. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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