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as in to illumine
to supply with light
the light from a galaxy of flashing signs irradiates the heart and soul of Las Vegas
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as in to radiate
to throw or give off
irradiating an aura of supreme confidence on the playing field
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Recent Examples of irradiate
The team placed a layer of the anisotropic crystal on top of silica and irradiated the two with an electron beam.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
24 May 2026
Trump’s obsession with gold has led his critics to compare him to the Bond villain Goldfinger, a bullion dealer who hatches a plan to irradiate the gold in Fort Knox in order to increase the value of his own supply.
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Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Most of the food comes ready to eat, having been rehydrated, thermostabilized using heat to destroy harmful microorganisms and enzymes, or irradiated to kill bacteria.
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Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
Boyd notes that the power in the beam matters but so does the material that is irradiated.
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Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
24 May 2026
Trump’s obsession with gold has led his critics to compare him to the Bond villain Goldfinger, a bullion dealer who hatches a plan to irradiate the gold in Fort Knox in order to increase the value of his own supply.
—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Most of the food comes ready to eat, having been rehydrated, thermostabilized using heat to destroy harmful microorganisms and enzymes, or irradiated to kill bacteria.
—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
Boyd notes that the power in the beam matters but so does the material that is irradiated.
—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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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.
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Geraldine walked over to Felix and Jane’s for fish soup, through long autumn shadows in the park, haze rising like smoke from the grass, illumined by the low sun.
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Attics get hot because roofs are exposed to the sun for hours, radiating heat inside.
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Her exhibit design vision, envisaged in partnership with partner Paul Cournet and his studio Cloud, incorporated luminescence and hues that radiated from the gems, dictating the color palette of purple, green, yellow and pink.
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The Strawberry Moon will soon illuminate the night sky, but don't expect the moon to look like an actual fruit.
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Forsythia is a bright, charming harbinger of spring, illuminating the dull gray winter landscape with its vibrant yellow blooms.
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All smartphones sold in the country are required to emit a shutter sound when taking photos and videos, an industry measure designed to deter covert photography.
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The sun also emits two other types of UV light – UVC (200-280 nm) and vacuum UV (100-200 nm) – but these are stopped by the atmosphere, so sunscreens do not typically need to be able to block them.
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No video evidence exists to show exactly how the Lachman fire started, much less that Rinderknecht was the one who lit the blaze.
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Opt for sconces and hanging lights, rather than lamps or lighting pieces that take up floorspace.
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Since launching his menswear brand in 2015, the Mexican American designer casts the same key models repeatedly, such as Shaid Anaya, who takes breaks from his regular job as a construction workers to walk his shows.
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Hilton, running on a platform of affordability and lowering taxes, has seized on the sentiment, casting health coverage for immigrants without legal status as deeply unfair and a direct threat to the state’s ability to help citizens.
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Hard reality soon collided with Brexiteers’ bold promises of immigration controls, trade deals, more money for public services and an end to complex regulations emanating from Brussels.
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And that praise wasn’t only emanating from Beijing.
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Cops released an image of him aboard the bus wearing a white hoodie and are asking the public’s help tracking him down.
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The letter does not include permission for Anthropic to release Fable, a less powerful version of Mythos.
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“Irradiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irradiate. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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