as in stunning
to overpower with light
the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants
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Recent Examples of blinding
Jordan Moreau, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Back in 2019, blinding lights flashed behind Matty Healy on stage at Coachella.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
On the other hand, the weight of experience can get in the way, blinding us with assumptions and maps that no longer fit the terrain.
—Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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Verb
In each one of those episodes, there is a kernel of brilliant, blinding truth, and that’s what makes great satire.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Back in 2019, blinding lights flashed behind Matty Healy on stage at Coachella.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
That lets Atsu throw kunai, a blinding powder called Metsubushi, smoke bombs and more.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
On the other hand, the weight of experience can get in the way, blinding us with assumptions and maps that no longer fit the terrain.
—Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blinding
Adjective
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The bizarre nature of targeting a running back is that the Cowboys have a far more glaring issue on the defensive side of the ball.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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A couple of buckets and a couple of rebounds a quarter with solid defense and a steady presence down low will solidify what was previously Los Angeles’ most glaring weak point.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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While the high elevation reaches of Asheville turn colorful first in October, late fall brings dazzling colors to the region’s lower stretches, where the scene often lasts into November.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Oct. 2025
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It is set in a world of dazzling opulence, caught by the mansion of the Price family, whose patriarch, Sebastian Price has built up Legacy Investments into a billionaire behemoth.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Its primary food source is the winter firefly (Diaphanes lampyroides), which attracts mates with a continuous, non-flashing light.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The basement housed a beauty shop and barber shop, with shimmering, psychedelic floral wallpaper, and a clamshell phone booth.—
Piet Levy,
jsonline.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Kirby walked the red carpet in a shimmering blue form-fitting Schiaparelli dress and black sandals.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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While Alberta Ferretti creative director Lorenzo Serafini's runway design featured glistening embellishments and more dramatic draping, the shoppable cape dress does not include an open back at all.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
19 Oct. 2025
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Ye Fan for The New York Times Caroline Palmer was telling the story of how she got hired at Vogue in 2001 when a waitress at Tierney’s Tavern plunked two pints of beer and a pile of glistening onion rings on the table between us.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This year, the rumors swirl, a constant, low hum: Outer Heaven and Cuatro Gato, two more flickering lights, are expected to fade.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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But there’s more flickering contrast in Narayan van Maele’s lensing, which alternates dun realism with occasionally hyperreal lighting and composition, particularly when the pagan promise of fire is in the frame.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2022
Adjective
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Glaser, from a very glancing stylistic consideration, looks like a multicam by comparison.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Aug. 2024
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Even so, Joonam is too scattershot and distanced from culture and politics to resonate with the news — potentially the film’s greatest draw — in more than a glancing way.—
Caryn James,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Over the black garment, shimmering sequins created a glittering effect beneath the lights, cascading down the piece from the bodice to the midi hem of the skirt.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
13 Oct. 2025
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The stories are fraught with violence and colonialism: Persian rugs, for instance, gained their glittering reputation in part from Victorian-era racial hierarchies.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Blinding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blinding. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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