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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
Let this moment be a reminder that Black joy, Black brilliance, Black resistance, and Black creativity are always worth appreciating, remembering, and even grieving.
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Essence, 24 July 2025
Their excitement and glimpses of brilliance radiate off the screen as a song’s puzzle pieces come together, with each group celebrating each other’s creations during listening sessions at the end of each episode.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 24 July 2025
The plagiarism accusation doesn’t align with the portrait the professor painted earlier in the trailer of one of her star students, one of brilliance, but not obsession, as her husband would have suggested.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2025
After thinking of it as a separate musical idea, Moody realized that the character’s endless curiosity and moments of brilliance were at his heart.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 25 July 2025
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Essence, 24 July 2025
Their excitement and glimpses of brilliance radiate off the screen as a song’s puzzle pieces come together, with each group celebrating each other’s creations during listening sessions at the end of each episode.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 24 July 2025
The plagiarism accusation doesn’t align with the portrait the professor painted earlier in the trailer of one of her star students, one of brilliance, but not obsession, as her husband would have suggested.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2025
After thinking of it as a separate musical idea, Moody realized that the character’s endless curiosity and moments of brilliance were at his heart.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brilliance
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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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As totality transforms the Arctic sky, you'll be positioned in some of Earth's most spectacular and remote landscapes—from the dramatic mountains of Spitsbergen to the world's largest fjord system at Scoresby Sound, and the volcanic majesty of Jan Mayen Island.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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More admired than beloved, the show has extended an open challenge to theater artists drawn to the sophisticated majesty of Brown’s Tony-winning score but daunted by the expansive scope of Uhry’s Tony-winning book.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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This means that the light source features red, green and blue lasers that merge for 5,000 ANSI lumens brightness and 110% coverage of the BT.2020 color space.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Aug. 2025
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For brightness and crunch, the salad is tossed with a citrus vinaigrette and, just before serving, garnished with cilantro and smoked almonds.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
14 Aug. 2025
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Overall, Operation Night Strikers is an excellent collection of shmups from Taito’s glory days in the arcades.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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O'Neal doesn't participate in 4-H for the glory of showmanship.—
HG Biggs,
IndyStar,
14 Aug. 2025
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Adding lightness might just do the trick to convince this section of the market.—
Mattias Goldmann,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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For other audiences, the film’s lightness of touch will have to do.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Aug. 2025
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While the episode follows Deborah after walking away from her Late Night series, the backdrop and elegance of Singapore follows both characters as Deborah attempts to do standup in a Singapore casino using a translator.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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A touch of flaky sea salt brings effortless elegance and flair.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
13 Aug. 2025
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Trump and his supporters prefer a happy history, a pleasant history that arouses patriotism by overlooking disagreeable people and despicable events that sully the nation’s reputation and mar the magnificence of the American story.—
William C. Hine,
Twin Cities,
23 July 2025
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The cover image for that album shows her in ¾ profile, hair sculpted into Elsa Lancaster, Bride of Frankenstein magnificence.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Another constitutional clause that was removed from the Library of Congress' website included a line that bars Congress from offering Americans titles of nobility — a limitation that sought to safeguard the United States government from being influenced by European monarchies.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Robert is a marquis, inheritor of an ancient title of nobility, who nonetheless has German Jewish ancestry, something that attracts the attention of other characters.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
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“Brilliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brilliance. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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