edifying
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Few things are less edifying than a mob that has decided to rectify a great wrong in the name of justice and purity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
There’s nothing here that the viewer can’t glean from the documentary, and in fact, the doc is a far more edifying and affecting work than Safdie’s stylish regurgitation.
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025
Nik goes further and says it was "absolutely edifying".
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024
I was doing that job, less than part time, for only a brief period, while for the adults working in the dining hall, it was a more permanent and far less edifying condition.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2024
“I’ll sit over here with Nell, and if you come across any particularly edifying moral precepts you think would do me good, read them aloud.”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
Vocabulary lists containing edifying
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
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A Farewell To Arms
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Crime and Punishment
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