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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an illuminating" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that provides insight or clarity on a subject.
Example: "The lecture was an illuminating experience that deepened my understanding of the topic."
Alternatives: "an enlightening" or "a revealing".
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It is a generous approach but not an illuminating one.
It was an illuminating and thought-provoking programme.
Working here really has been an illuminating, inspiring and humbling experience.
But the argument that people do something because they like it is hardly an illuminating insight.
JUDITH: Well this has been an illuminating 3 hours, my dears.
But let me briefly raise what I think might be an illuminating comparison.
In case you missed it, Bazelon published an illuminating column in Slate about it on Friday.
Morton Feldman, a composer, once told an illuminating story about his friend Guston.
Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale offers an illuminating example.
And therein lies an illuminating — some would say frightening — story.
The case of Strigamia maritima is an illuminating one.
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