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as in brilliancy
the quality or state of having or giving off light
the brilliance of the flash from the camera was so intense that I was blinded for a moment afterwards
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as in majesty
impressiveness of beauty on a large scale
the brilliance of the palace is really quite staggering
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Recent Examples of brilliance
Glasnow has missed time because of injury, battled himself on the mound, and, in between, shown flashes of pure brilliance.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Cool nights trap these sugars, enhancing color, whereas warm nights deplete them, causing anthocyanins to fade and the leaves to lose their characteristic autumn brilliance.
—Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
So much of success isn’t about brilliance.
—Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
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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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Cool nights trap these sugars, enhancing color, whereas warm nights deplete them, causing anthocyanins to fade and the leaves to lose their characteristic autumn brilliance.
—Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
So much of success isn’t about brilliance.
—Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brilliance
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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That doesn’t mean there isn’t pop majesty here too.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Cypress captures the majesty of the tall evergreen, enriched with lush green undertones for depth.—
Michael Stefanov,
Robb Report,
14 Oct. 2025
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Furthermore, the constellation brightness would drown out faint celestial objects and limit astronomical observations.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
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Of course, the film is most notable for — spoiler — Roberts’s death at the end, and her palpable absence in the final scenes speaks to the brightness of her presence in the movie’s earlier parts.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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Up-and-comer status gifted el Khaleel’s group, Mantronix, with the glory of a four-hundred-dollar gig at the rec center, home to youth basketball games, baton-twirling competitions, after-school child care, and — on occasion — community concerts.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Early on a winter Saturday morning in 1981, Louis Garcia stood awestruck by the power and glory of Riverside Church.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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At last, a bit of fizz and lightness, a sliver of dawn at the end of a velvet night.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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Steel was used for the house’s structure, for its recyclability but also for lightness.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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There was such a sense of dignity to the four-poster bed, such elegance.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
15 Oct. 2025
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Fast-forward to the 20th century, and moccasins have become a popular casual shoe, combining the sleek elegance of a penny loafer with the secure lacing of a boat shoe—and the comfort level of Ugg boots.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Glamour,
15 Oct. 2025
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Since the outset of Major League Baseball’s Live Ball Era in 1920 through the present day, Kershaw’s magnificence begins with winning percentage.—
Wayne G. McDonnell,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Five different combined wavelengths show the true magnificence and diversity of phenomena at play in the Crab Nebula.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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In the series, Marie, an ambitious young woman of minor nobility, learns that her lung disease is terminal.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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The film focuses on the power grabbing tête-à-tête between both Sarah and Abigail, with the latter even marrying a colonel in order to regain her nobility.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Brilliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brilliance. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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