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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
Skyler Caruso, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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
Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
The confetti canons that blast moments later are blinding.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Also on full display while attending the Cincinnati Bearcats, where the Kansas City Chiefs tight end used to play college football, was Swift's blinding engagement ring.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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
Verb
At the Balenciaga event, attended by Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, the helicopter pilot sat front row with Georgina Rodríguez, the two matching with their blinding engagement rings.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
The confetti canons that blast moments later are blinding.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blinding
Adjective
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The absence of an edge manifested itself in almost every aspect of the game, but was most glaring on defense.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Broncos have managed to dodge glaring landmines en route to a 7-2 start, which counts for plenty.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
5 Nov. 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
Verb
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And then there’s Schaefer, the electrifying New York Islanders rookie who has been simply dazzling out of the gates this season.—
Chris Johnston,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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The cords gave way, unfurling in one dazzling thrust the release of the entire Fence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Designer Chad Graci applied it to living-room ceilings of a private residence at the Four Seasons in New Orleans, where the lacquer hovers overhead like a shimmering pond.—
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans,
Robb Report,
8 Nov. 2025
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Aguilera is featured performing several holiday classics and hits amid a backdrop of the Eiffel Tower transformed into a shimmering Christmas tree.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Udo Kier is the perverted master of ceremonies in this three-ring circus of deviancy from director Paul Morrissey, which takes Frankenstein’s romantic necrophilia and distills it to its glistening, taboo essence.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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Delicate purple, white, or lavender-pink flowers are embedded among tiny, glistening leaves.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 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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Hilton matched the high-shine of the crystals on the shoe with a glittering black slipdress.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
24 Oct. 2025
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Beyond supernatural encounters, the Beaux-Arts hotel is also a glittering grande dame of the French Quarter, with a revolving carousel bar, pristine marble floors, and a wooden grandfather clock that’s chimed in the lobby since 1909.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Blinding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blinding. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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