throw light on
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"There's still meat on the bone," he says, adding that he is glad he helped throw light on the subject, even though his own case was not successful.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025
Investors awaited factory production data from the euro zone at 0800 GMT that could throw light on the pace of economic growth.
From Reuters • Aug. 1, 2022
Those books helped throw light on the so-called Salt Lake City scandal involving allegations of bribes used by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee to win the 2002 Winter Olympics.
From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2022
I think NYTimes could take this opportunity to throw light on this aspect.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2019
Ask as many questions as you please, and I will answer them in letter, or send some sermon or tract to throw light on the subject to you.
From Miss Ellis's Mission by Smith, Mary P. Wells
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