edifying
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Choudhury’s account was my first stop falling down the dinosaur community rabbit hole, and one of the most edifying.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
The interviews are inconsistent, and some are more edifying than others.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Nik goes further and says it was "absolutely edifying".
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024
The power of absence and refusal is perhaps more edifying in literature — see “The Stranger,” “The Quiet Man,” the brick-wall calm of I-would-prefer-not-to Bartleby — than in real life.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024
“At the Villa Rossa. It was very edifying, baby. We all sang. Where have you been?”
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
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