edify
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Finding the least taxing way to activate your inner circle could gratify — and edify — all involved, and restore a sense of control over your own well-being.
From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2022
While there is, indeed, a camp of leadership who argue that it’s wiser to keep people in the door and continue to edify them, Cordileone is not among them.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2021
Presumably most of the purchasers of these books are parents, schools and libraries seeking to edify the youth — though certainly many kids adore reading about history and horror.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2021
One story, The Millionaire, describes a disgraced man who undergoes ritual humiliation to edify people who want to witness “the version of the world you believe in”.
From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2020
The best Christmas sermons do not edify good souls before haying-time.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul
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