illuminate
verb (used with object)
to supply or brighten with light; light up.
are illuminating
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present progressiveof illuminate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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They are illuminating insights into interesting corners of our country.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023
Others from tribal nations are illuminating the revolt’s significance in ways that go well beyond street protests, including filmmaking, history, the visual arts and archaeology.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2020
Taken together, the results are illuminating, and the light they shed reveals some very disturbing facts.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2020
On both sides, spelling was often phonetic and punctuation rare, but the letters are illuminating.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2018
Here, the results of recent molecular biological studies are illuminating in linking germs to the rise of food production, in Eurasia much more than in the Americas.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
