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
While observing it, astronomers noticed a brief, one-time-only spike in brightness, possibly indicating a gamma-ray burst.
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 22 Sep. 2025
The truth is that subtleties of tonal range, not least brightness and contrast, can be adjusted by the corrector-in-chief.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The high-res, high-refresh OLED was very bright at 415 nits at 100% brightness, well above the 300 nits needed to overcome normal ambient lighting.
—Mark Coppock, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2025
The display is covered by sapphire crystal glass, and gets up to 1,500 nits of brightness.
—Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 22 Sep. 2025
The truth is that subtleties of tonal range, not least brightness and contrast, can be adjusted by the corrector-in-chief.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The high-res, high-refresh OLED was very bright at 415 nits at 100% brightness, well above the 300 nits needed to overcome normal ambient lighting.
—Mark Coppock, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2025
The display is covered by sapphire crystal glass, and gets up to 1,500 nits of brightness.
—Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brightness
Noun
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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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Family circles will have wrapped themselves in the holy pleasures of the great occasion, and everywhere the grand old holiday will have been introduced with all the majesty and brilliancy which clings around the hallowed name of Christmas.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
23 Dec. 2024
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With Venus entering your sign on August 25, your magnetism is undeniable, but the Three of Pentacles reminds you that your brilliance shines brighter when it’s shared.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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It was designed for brilliance.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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There were a lot of bold colors in the collections, transparency and lightness.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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The building has kept some of this lightness of feeling all these years later, smallish and airy, its multiple exits and entrances providing the possibility of spontaneity.—
Katie da Cunha Lewin
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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But at a moment when many people are in a perpetual state of gloominess — courtesy of the news, social media doomscrolling or streaming/cable dramas that confuse lack of literal illumination with profundity — the pleasantly sunny escapism is difficult to resent.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
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Drenched in highly vibrant light for heightened illumination, each collage detail shimmers and the smallest symbols and textures are amplified to enhance the visual narrative.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Swipe the wonderfully oversized, self-neutralizing pads over your face and chest and get ready to meet a new level of luminosity—and maybe a new fling.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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So far, its luminosity has risen 48% since its birth 4.5 billion years ago.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Brightness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brightness. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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