revealing
Britishadjective
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of significance or import
a very revealing experience
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showing or designed to show more of the body than is usual or conventional
a revealing costume
Other Word Forms
- revealingly adverb
- revealingness noun
Example Sentences
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But it has already framed the contest - revealing how instinctively culture and politics bleed into each other on the campaign trail.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
The researchers observed deviations from this law by more than 200 times at low temperatures, revealing a striking separation between how charge and heat move through the material.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
The book’s characters relate their stories in discrete sections that peel back time, revealing shocking secrets and meriting re-evaluation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
“It is revealing that the thing that everyone expected to happen or expected ‘should’ happen is not happening.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
“And this illustrates why we tell parents to wait until their kids have socialized with other children like them, before revealing the truth about whatnots,” the mystery woman said, above him.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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