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SHED LIGHT ON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
Example:
Clear up the question of who is at fault
Synonyms:
clear; clear up; crystalise; crystalize; crystallise; crystallize; elucidate; enlighten; illuminate; shed light on; sort out; straighten out
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "shed light on" is one way to...):
clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
It might also shed light on Zika’s proposed link to microcephaly.
(Zika virus structure revealed, NIH)
Now, scientists at Rockefeller University have identified a brain circuit that underlies repetition, a finding that may shed light on compulsive behavior in humans.
(Research on repetitive worm behavior has implications for understanding human diseases, National Science Foundation)
This study of ethnically diverse populations in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Botswana has shed light on regions of the genome not previously associated with skin color.
(New regions of the human genome linked to skin color variation in some African populations, National Institutes of Health)
The two datasets shed light on atmospheric processes of not just Jupiter but also fellow gas giants Saturn, Uranus and Neptune as well as those of giant exoplanets now being discovered; they even shed light on atmospheric processes of Earth's cyclones.
(NASA's Juno Navigators Enable Jupiter Cyclone Discovery, NASA)
Curiosity's findings from analyzing samples of atmosphere and rock powder do not reveal whether Mars has ever harbored living microbes, but the findings do shed light on a chemically active modern Mars and on favorable conditions for life on ancient Mars.
(Curiosity Detects Methane Spike on Mars, NASA)
The findings also might shed light on more common disorders such as fatty liver disease, obesity and diabetes by uncovering similarities in how MMA and these disorders affect energy metabolism and, more specifically, the function of mitochondria, the cells’ energy powerhouses.
(Elevated hormone flags liver problems in mice with methylmalonic acidemia, National Institutes of Health)
Experiments carried out with diverse marine bacteria shed light on the processes by which barite precipitates in bacterial biofilms from the bioaccumulation of barium in bacterial cells and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), Francisca Martínez Ruiz and María Teresa González Muñoz, researcher from the Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute (IACT) and professor emeritus of the Department of Microbiology at the UGR, respectively, explain.
(Researchers discover the oceanic precipitation mechanism for barium, which is a proxy for marine bacterial productivity, University of Granada)
