enlightened
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You might be tempted, with every faraway look in Christian Petzold’s subtly moving “Miroirs No. 3,” to hope for that soothing, enlightened release so often served as catharsis in tales of loss and healing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Many of the problems we face are self-inflicted, and they are fixable with proper allocation of resources, and enlightened and accountable leadership.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026
They believe in an enlightened, secular Islam compatible with freedom of conscience and civil equality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
The revolutionary leaders’ idea of a modern nation—shared by enlightened British, French and German 18th-century reformers—was one composed of similar people, not broken up by differences of language, ethnicity, religion, tribe or local customs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Our strategy was not to argue with him in the field, but to contest the charges in court where we would have a chance to make our case before slightly more enlightened officers.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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