enlightenment

Example Sentences

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“What she was doing was not about enlightenment or operating in a different dimension,” Gujarati said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Although rooted in writings of the 18th-century European enlightenment, these ideas sprouted in the American soil of an expanding frontier where economic opportunities fed and were fed by political independence, legal liberties and social equality.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

But if history is any guide, it means a new enlightenment is overdue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

From that moment to his present life in Japan, he has sought musical enlightenment in music wherever he can find it.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2025

“Shun the crow’s nest and your enlightenment will be sweeter than its poison intoxication,” the captain tells me.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman