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Recent Examples of brilliancy 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 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 The Red Planet, shining at magnitude –1.4, is 40° to the east-northeast, and the king of planets, Jove, still near its greatest brilliancy for the year at magnitude –2.8, lies 46° west-southwest of Luna. Michael E. Bakich, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2022 Set emerald green against bright white to highlight its brilliancy. Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2022 Tonight also sees Venus is at greatest brilliancy, so get eyes-on with the second planet from the Sun right after sunset. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2021 One of these stars may rise from almost invisibility to a brilliance equaling 100,000,000 times the brilliancy of our sun, although, of course, such super novae are so far away that the estimates can be made only with telescopes. Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 17 Dec. 2020 The truth is that in the history of chess, spanning more than a millennium, there hasn’t been a single human brilliancy, however wayward and unexpected, that a computer could not have located. Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brilliancy
Noun
  • This is enough brightness, potentially, to leave the M2 Pro watchable in rooms that aren’t completely blacked out – another handy lifestyle touch.
    John Archer, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • This contrasts with a more standard black hole that typically acquires its material and energy unpredictably, resulting in irregular brightness fluctuations.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • The brilliance of the formula is not just what it’s made with, but what it’s made without—there are no fillers, artificial additives, or preservatives.
    Brianna Peters, Vogue, 8 June 2025
  • That’s the point when individual brilliance is no longer enough.
    Philipp Lahm, New York Times, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • However, there’s slightly more lightness to the film than their previous collaborations.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 May 2025
  • The best from Bordeaux 2024 will be remembered for lightness, delicacy and aromatic beauty.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025

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“Brilliancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brilliancy. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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