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  • present participle of edify.
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edifying

[ed-uh-fahy-ing] / ˈɛd əˌfaɪ ɪŋ /


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The book’s most edifying compilations recount the Soviet people’s unconquerable yearning to live, create and love freely, despite the daily menaces of a police state and deafening propaganda.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Brooks insists on seeing all this as an edifying story of a nation’s rise, albeit with a few bumps in the road.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025

Nik goes further and says it was "absolutely edifying".

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

It’s also a central pillar of the pair’s edifying new sitcom.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

They were labeled with edifying placards that said Traditional Kerala Umbrella and Traditional Bridal Dowry-box.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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