illumination
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Short came to embody the inverse of that picture, the shaded gloom lurking in places that escape sunshiny illumination.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Night-time illumination around the site has returned to higher levels after falling sharply following the suspension," also suggesting increased activity, it said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The Buck Moon is set to reach its peak illumination at 15:36 BST, however this will occur just below the horizon.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The telescope would allow wide area observations of the lunar surface during strong solar flares, when the Sun provides more intense X-ray illumination.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026
I watched Azar bend forward and fire off the first illumination flare.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
Signer John Adams hoped that future generations would celebrate America’s birthday with “bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forever more.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Marine life that most people never see floated into view, including delicate comb jellies with pulsing fairy-light illuminations along their sides.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
Or, to paraphrase a Virginia Woolf line from “To the Lighthouse” that Rhys invoked earlier: What gets us through are “little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025
The illuminations set off from the London Eye, and barges moored in a central area of the river featured more than 12,000 fireworks.
From DOGO News ● Jan. 2, 2024
The janitors could not use the elevators because Burnham had ordered them turned off after dark to conserve power for the fair’s nightly illuminations.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing illumination
Let There Be Light: Lum and Luc
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"The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
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