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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And the stats are illuminating as to why this perhaps has not been as entertaining as it could be.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
His explanations of changes in style and genre are illuminating, and illustrated by shrewd musical selections.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
The phrases from Plath's earlier drafts are illuminating: "I was a flat personage," it was "a clean killing," and it was all "Final, like a bad accident."
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2022
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
