illumination
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Even Apollo astronauts didn't see the Orientale basin completely because of their orbit and illumination conditions.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
By simply changing the level of illumination, they could prompt particles to assemble into crystals or break apart again.
From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026
When the sun vanishes early and the chill of darkness comes on deep and fast, there has always been an instinct to gather around a source of warmth and illumination for tales of fearsome happenings.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
The archbishop was free to configure it as a workplace, to choose its decorative furnishings and its degree of illumination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
From that moment forward, Roscuro showed an abnormal, inordinate interest in illumination of all sorts.
From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo
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Vocabulary lists containing illumination
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