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shine light on en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (figuratively) Synonym of shine a light on.
    • And being men of their word, they did not. And so the idea that we are here in a real effort to shine the light on the polit- ical process is overwhelmed by the fact that there was a refusal to shine light on the legislative process. 2018, H.R. 5175, the DISCLOSE Act, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections: Hearing Before the Committee on House Administration, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, Second Session, Held in Washington, DC, May 6, 2010, United States Government Publishing Office, page 3:
    • Blue Monday may have been and gone for this year, and even though it was created by a travel agency it does shine light on mental illness, something that we all know is common but aren’t too willing to accept the fact either. 2016 February 10, confessionsofabooklover, “Mind Your Head by Juno Dawson – review”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 May 2024:
    • Saks, recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship “genius grant” and founder of USC’s Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy and Ethics, has used her influence and compelling testimony to shine light on the subject in Los Angeles and nationally. 2017 December 28, Gilien Silsby, “When a person is committed against their will: A legal and mental health labyrinth”, in USC Today, archived from the original on 07 May 2024:

Forms

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shone light on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shone light on Tense=Past lexicographic
shining light on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shines light on Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
shined light on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shined light on Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

shine a light on