illuminative

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Strauss, who also adapted “Nine Perfect Strangers,” transforms Gibson's story into a fast-paced, funny and illuminative parable that, in its unique way, explains how fringe disinformation became our reality, and how the ludicrous became plausible.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2025

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

The material is what gives street signs and lane markings their illuminative properties.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2017

Many of the facts given in this chapter are taken from these illuminative essays.

From The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)