as in brilliance
the quality or state of having or giving off light
the dazzle of the stars on a cold but clear winter's night
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Recent Examples of dazzle
Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Lastly, liquid eyeliners in silver and gold dazzle with a single gaze across the room.
—Karina Hoshikawa, Refinery29, 22 Sep. 2025
Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Addison Rae dazzled the Coachella audience with her pop girl glamour on Saturday night.
—Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2026
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Noun
While this summer lacked the dazzle and massive celebrations of the June 2024 grand reopening of Ford's Michigan Central Station, there was still lots of progress on display and even some celebrity appearances from the business world.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Lastly, liquid eyeliners in silver and gold dazzle with a single gaze across the room.
—Karina Hoshikawa, Refinery29, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
An eccentric burnout, someone for whom the eighties had been dazzling but dimming at the same time.
—Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Addison Rae dazzled the Coachella audience with her pop girl glamour on Saturday night.
—Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dazzle
Noun
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Steve Kerr compared the win to the Warriors’ heyday as champions, as Curry’s offensive brilliance, Green’s shutdown defense and some timely shooting from Al Horford took Golden State over the top.—
Pueng Vongs,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The second season of Beef can’t reproduce the sneak-up-on-you brilliance of the first, but without many direct connections this eight-episode story feels very much of a piece.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Wild turkeys have blinding speed afoot, and a broken wing seldom puts a turkey in the pot.—
Bruce Brady,
Outdoor Life,
8 Apr. 2026
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Charleston may have an iron-tight grip on its title as the South’s most popular culinary city, but don’t let its reputation blind you to what else is out there.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
8 Apr. 2026
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Town officials say strict regulations would also control the size, brightness, and how often the images on those signs can change.—
Conor McGill,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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However, some form of auto-brightness might have still been activated, buried deep in a menu, or an image-processing feature that also dims the picture could have been running.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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After the Executive Office of Health and Human Services ordered the removal of tools like pepper gel, handcuffs and batons from the toolbelts of the Tewksbury Security Team specialists at the hospital, officials in Tewksbury were stunned, and immediately sought answers from the state.—
Peter Currier,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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DeChambeau, stunned by the shot, turned and looked at his caddie in disbelief.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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
Noun
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Recycled cotton continues to anchor ADM’s sustainability mission, while linen brings seasonal lightness and texture and Tencel blends deliver the softness premium brands expect without environmental compromise, according to Zahra Ahmed, director of ADM.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Red wine vinaigrette brings the lightness, but the other option of labneh ranch has the right touch of richness.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Dazzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dazzle. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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