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

“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

And, turning from that to a very illuminative passage in the Mah�bh�rata, we find Him in the form of Shr� Kṛiṣhṇa explaining a profound truth to Arjuna.

From Avatâras Four lectures delivered at the twenty-fourth anniversary meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, December, 1899 by Besant, Annie Wood