illumination
Example Sentences
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Actually, the fineness of the design is probably best appreciated at night, with its full plumage of illumination switched on.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Even Apollo astronauts didn't see the Orientale basin completely because of their orbit and illumination conditions.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Light programmable colloidal crystals may eventually enable reconfigurable optical coatings, adaptive sensors, and next generation display and data storage technologies, where patterns and functions are defined dynamically by illumination rather than fixed during manufacturing.
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
This girl’s guileless remark came as an illumination, an instant knowledge that brought with it the first buds of true shame.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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Vocabulary lists containing illumination
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