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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Many readers shared that this recipe was a bright spot during the cold-winter weather and long gloomy days.
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Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
These two are the sole remaining bright spot on this quickly wilting season.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2026
The former congresswoman's landslide gubernatorial win in November, which made her the first woman elected to Virginia's highest office, was a rare bright spot for the national Democratic Party in a year otherwise dominated by the GOP.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
The bright spot in her life is the love of Baba (Christ Assidjim Mbaihornom), a teenage villager whose family doesn’t approve of the courtship.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 19 Feb. 2026
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Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
These two are the sole remaining bright spot on this quickly wilting season.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2026
The former congresswoman's landslide gubernatorial win in November, which made her the first woman elected to Virginia's highest office, was a rare bright spot for the national Democratic Party in a year otherwise dominated by the GOP.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
The bright spot in her life is the love of Baba (Christ Assidjim Mbaihornom), a teenage villager whose family doesn’t approve of the courtship.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Bright spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bright%20spot. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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