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edification

[ed-uh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌɛd ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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This confessional, interior dialogue is meant for the entertainment and edification of the “Murderbot” audience, which the titular cyborg assumes is on its side.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025

You might have expected technology billionaires to be well-informed about the world; someone like Musk could, if he chose, easily maintain a large research department for his personal edification.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023

Freer procured Egyptian objects in part to compare them, for his own edification, with ones from East Asia.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

Instead of continuing his cinematic edification with the film’s 1995 sequel, Estefan followed up by going back to where it all started, with the 1950 original starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett and Elizabeth Taylor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2022

This last book was for her own edification and not the children’s.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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