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illumined

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verb

past tense of illumine

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for illumined
Adjective
  • While show caves attract more than 70 million visitors annually worldwide, more and more travelers are pushing past the paved walkways and illuminated paths.
    Heide Brandes, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
  • While not statistically significant, their experiments also found a higher catch rate of yellowtail fish in the illuminated nets.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Parlow, a Los Angeles native and Yale-educated lawyer, previously served as the university’s law school dean and chief fundraiser.
    Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
  • His base appeared to be whiter, richer, and more educated than the city as a whole.
    Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Paris digs are infinitely sleeker, dimly lit, and darkly appointed, but the food is more or less an exact replica.
    Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
  • My tree was fully lit, none of the lights were out or broken, and connecting them wasn’t all that difficult.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Keep scrolling to shop more green pants, red pants, and burgundy pants inspired by celebrities below.
    Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • During the dinner, held in the sprawling showroom and, inspired by autumn, decked out with long tables filled with small pine trees that will be replanted, backstage videos of the two legendary actors were projected on a screen.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The researchers plan to address the light sensitivity issue by modifying how the vitamin interacts with the electrolyte and by improving the engineering of the flow cell itself.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • On Sunday, Jeanty was stopped for a loss or no gain on four of his 10 runs against light boxes, and overall, the Las Vegas Raiders were stuffed 11 times on 29 attempts — the most of any team in a game this season.
    Vic Tafur, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Since its discovery, the comet has brightened in magnitude and is becoming more and more visible.
    Harry Bennett, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Kindling his broad grin and clean laughter brightened even the most discouraging day.
    Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Choose from seven luxe shades, including a trendy chocolate brown, soothing sage green, and bright teal.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
  • It can be found just 5 degrees away from the bright star Segin in the constellation Cassiopeia — roughly the width of your three middle fingers held at arm's length — which can be found high above the northern horizon around midnight in October.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Illumined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illumined. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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