illuminative
Example Sentences
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Bee's time with "Full Frontal" is illuminative in unraveling the knotted history of women in late-night, in that it explains what it takes for a woman to succeed in a field that's stacked against her.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2023
Stein’s career is so accomplished that some stories inevitably get left out, but the ones he puts in aren’t always illuminative.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 13, 2018
Balancing the two extremes might make for an interesting and illuminative exercise.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2018
“Every great collector wants their collection to be illuminative of the subject, and Blaschke’s collection does this so well largely because it also covers the German period,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 18, 2015
To Carlyle, the fact must be illuminative, or he cast it aside.
From The Age of Tennyson by Hugh Walker
