as in illumined
to supply with light
a lone lighthouse beacons the entrance to the island's only harbor
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Fantastic, illumined by periodic excursions into surrealism, as when the crew of a mysterious UFO boards a transpacific Kahuna Airlines jet midflight.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Nine three-man Apollo crews flew over the moon's far side between 1968 and 1972, but those flights were launched when the near side was fully illuminated and the far side was in shadow.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Only one thing seemed off on this balmy high-season morning — a Vacancy sign illuminated to the right of the motel’s office door.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Stockton Kings faced a tough loss against the Greensboro Swarm for Game 1, but that lit a fire under the Kings going into Game 2 -- a must-win for the defending champions.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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MacKenzie Blackwood stopped 29 shots before finally yielding a goal late, while Gabe Landeskog, Martin Necas and Nathan MacKinnon all lit the lamp in a game that was not as close as the score indicated.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026
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Even the interest rate outlook brightened this week, with fed funds futures suddenly pricing in at least one cut by the end of the year.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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Artificial lights at night brightened up planet Earth by 16% between 2014 and 2022, a new study using satellite images has revealed.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Beaconed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beaconed. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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