bright spot
noun
informal
: a good thing that occurs during a bad or difficult time
Car sales were one of the few bright spots for the economy last year.
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Looking for a bright spot, FilmLA noted that feature film production increased from 476 days in the third quarter of 2024 to 522 in the same quarter this year.
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
On an otherwise forgettable night in Los Angeles, Podziemski was a bright spot in the city of stars.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
The doctors mentioned the rise of community as a bright spot.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 13 Oct. 2025
Once the lone bright spot for the wayward Jags, Trevor Lawrence is 29th in passer rating, and his EPA per pass is worse than every quarterback but Joe Flacco, Cam Ward and Jake Browning.
—J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
On an otherwise forgettable night in Los Angeles, Podziemski was a bright spot in the city of stars.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
The doctors mentioned the rise of community as a bright spot.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 13 Oct. 2025
Once the lone bright spot for the wayward Jags, Trevor Lawrence is 29th in passer rating, and his EPA per pass is worse than every quarterback but Joe Flacco, Cam Ward and Jake Browning.
—J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Bright spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bright%20spot. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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