enlightenment

Example Sentences

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“What she was doing was not about enlightenment or operating in a different dimension,” Gujarati said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

In one tense scene with her white colleagues, Cosey winces at their version of historical enlightenment — the reclamation project is moving at a horse-drawn carriage’s pace.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Although rooted in writings of the 18th-century European enlightenment, these ideas sprouted in the American soil of an expanding frontier where economic opportunities fed and were fed by political independence, legal liberties and social equality.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

The “Monkey King” premiere took place the day after the final performance of Matthew Ozawa’s thoughtful new production of Wagner’s “Parsifal,” a very different tale about ignorance and enlightenment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

Your letters have provided me such entertainment and enlightenment that I have shared them with Mr. George Miltenberger, editor of the Arlington News.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson