illuminative

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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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2017

The only one that seems in the least degree illuminative is the tale brought by a veteran reporter from the City of Mexico, and published in the San Francisco Bulletin.

From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Bierce, Ambrose