as in brilliancy
the quality or state of having or giving off light
the brightness of the sunshine made me squint after an afternoon spent in a darkened movie theater
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Recent Examples of brightness
Daylight floods in through floor-to-ceiling windows, drenching the space in brightness and making everything—from the custom bookshelf door to the bathroom to the privacy divider—feel sculptural.
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Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 9 Aug. 2025
The big 65-inch display features LG's Brightness Booster technology, which improves light control to achieve more brightness than other OLED TV models.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2025
Deadly accidents occur disproportionately at night, as headlight brightness has increased.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Love the idea of orange nails but not ready for the brightness?
—Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 31 July 2025
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Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 9 Aug. 2025
The big 65-inch display features LG's Brightness Booster technology, which improves light control to achieve more brightness than other OLED TV models.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2025
Deadly accidents occur disproportionately at night, as headlight brightness has increased.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Love the idea of orange nails but not ready for the brightness?
—Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brightness
Noun
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Pinnacle of splendor On Sunday morning, April 27, Venus comes up in total darkness while shining at its greatest brilliancy (magnitude –4.7).—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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So, astronomers have come up with a compromise regarding the geometry of the sun's illumination angle on Venus' disk versus its distance from Earth to determine the time of Venus' greatest brilliancy.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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He’s done a fair imitation of Brown, whose brilliance in 1998 helped to create Petco Park. Before Thursday, the Padres were a good but flawed team, one that stood 11 games above .500 and trailed the Dodgers by three games in the National League West race.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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The new leader is Kenyatta Jackson Jr., who has been waiting in the wings for his chance to step up and has shown flashes of brilliance, albeit in limited snaps.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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Its floor-to-ceiling glass is dark and foreboding and clashes with the lightness of the timber columns and ceilings that can be seen from the street.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 July 2025
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Hughes suggests a dusty pink or light beige to lift and soften the richness of the floor, while Alonso notes that cooler neutrals can offer a nice contrast, adding some lightness to the room.—
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 July 2025
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The Sturgeon Moon will reach peak illumination on Aug. 9 at 3:55 a.m. EST, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The full Corn or Harvest Moon should reach peak illumination by Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
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Its luminosity is about 20,000 times brighter than our sun, but that's typical, albeit a bit on the low-end, for red supergiants.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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In early seasons, characters were hand-drawn over watercolor backdrops that bore a subtle luminosity.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Brightness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brightness. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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