enlightening

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Rovere, on the other hand, found the book to be “barren of ideas and imagination,” and “scarcely more interesting or enlightening than the day-by-day newspaper accounts.”

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

Nonetheless, Mr. Loconte’s approach in “The War for Middle-earth” is enlightening.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Mr. Kurlansky has nevertheless produced an enlightening and entertaining portrait of a community that deserves to be better remembered and understood, and that embodied, within its limitations, the best kind of American idealism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

"It was very enlightening and scary -- by enlightening, I mean really scary," Arnett added.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

Seeing Mamá acting so coy and proper on the sofa next to Special Agent Gonzales had been enlightening to say the least.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall