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as in explanatory
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as in uplifting
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as in educating
to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding
a family-oriented show that tried to edify the television audience as well as entertain it
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Recent Examples of edifying
Tracy Kidder, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023
May our conversation be joyful, edifying and encouraging.
—Blair Donovan, Country Living, 18 Oct. 2022
Without asking you to comment on ACS specifically, in your opinion, can anything positive or edifying ever come from a true-crime series that is made without the family's involvement?
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
Recent years have seen a notable rise in the retelling and memorializing of the more positive and edifying human qualities that were also part of a searingly traumatic time, say postcolonial historians and experts in Partition.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2022
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Adjective
For all its limitations, that work felt full and rich and edifying, and real.
—Tracy Kidder, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023
May our conversation be joyful, edifying and encouraging.
—Blair Donovan, Country Living, 18 Oct. 2022
Without asking you to comment on ACS specifically, in your opinion, can anything positive or edifying ever come from a true-crime series that is made without the family's involvement?
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
Recent years have seen a notable rise in the retelling and memorializing of the more positive and edifying human qualities that were also part of a searingly traumatic time, say postcolonial historians and experts in Partition.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edifying
Adjective
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The Associated Press receives support from Charles Schwab Foundation for educational and explanatory reporting to improve financial literacy.—
Adriana Morga,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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There is a video-game quality to this format, if the game’s ratio of action to onscreen explanatory text were, say, one to five.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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After three games without a goal, to put in a performance like that, with a depleted team, was a fitting end to an uplifting year for David Moyes and his players.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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More uplifting news below to get you to the weekend!—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Longoria was honored with the Maestro Cares Community Hero Award for educating and empowering Latin women through Eva Longoria Foundation (ELF), and Balvin received the Trailblazer of Cultural Empowerment Award for his commitment to raising awareness about mental health.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
8 Nov. 2025
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Sheffieldhas said that focusing on educating Detroit’s children, and continuing to improve public safety and life in the neighborhoods will be among her priorities if elected mayor.—
Corey Williams,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The Associated Press learned the identities of four of the men - and pieced together details about at least five others - who were slain, providing the first detailed account of those who died in the strikes.—
NPR,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
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His views of their unconventional garments are painterly and romantic—expressionist evocations rather than detailed transcriptions of the clothes.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Government responses to homelessness have been anything but inspiring.—
Sal Rodriguez,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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These kind of creative environments are so incredibly inspiring to me.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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These are the most noteworthy bullet points from our engaging and enlightening two-hour conversation.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This name is derived from the notion – which has not yet been proved – that cows which graze on plants in this genus give copious quantities of milk.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
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Maybe so, according to copious research on taxes and their impact on migration.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Nominees will be put through a comprehensive and rigorous process of researching and scoring across a wide range of quantitative and qualitative criteria, including scalability, revenue and user growth, and the use of breakthrough technology.—
CNBC.com staff,
CNBC,
6 Jan. 2026
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In an important essay, Andrew Sullivan noted this past fall that Trump’s indecency is comprehensive in style and substance.—
Jeffrey Goldberg,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Edifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edifying. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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