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Excerpts from other interviews with TV hosts such as Dick Cavett, Merv Griffin and Bill Boggs are edifying as well.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2021

Whether it’s favorable or unfavorable, it gives them some connection with the person who’s onstage, and I think those connections are edifying.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2016

In theory, debates are edifying exchanges and arguments.

From Time • Oct. 3, 2012

Perhaps they are edifying each other with reflections on the great advantages of the mechanic arts, and the art of making earthen ware in particular.

From Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match by Woodworth, Francis C. (Francis Channing)

All these sermons are extemporaneous; some of them are edifying, and faithful to the Scriptures. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry