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
Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2026
But any initial dazzle is a worthwhile price to pay for the homely feel that the lack of signs brings.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026
Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
That perfect idea, the one with all the spark and dazzle, isn’t so shiny anymore.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
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Noun
Brazzell will provide some dazzle.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2026
But any initial dazzle is a worthwhile price to pay for the homely feel that the lack of signs brings.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
Morris dazzled in Georgia, throwing a no-hitter in 1-0 loss, combining on a no-hitter in relief and delivering a game-winning single at the plate.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
That perfect idea, the one with all the spark and dazzle, isn’t so shiny anymore.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dazzle
Noun
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Caused by sunlight-scattering dust in the Martian atmosphere, that unexpected brilliance seems to be planet-wide—save for a region near the world’s north pole.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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Also, the brilliance of Tolstoy and Chekhov and Dostoevsky, these geniuses that have gone down in history.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
Verb
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The team’s test bots homed in from a maximum of 600 meters (1,970 feet) away outdoors despite wind gusts and camera-blinding sun glares.—
Jacek Krywko,
Scientific American,
13 May 2026
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Kafka’s headlights blinded him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
Noun
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What emerged was not a steady, upward march of brightness.—
Bree Shirvell,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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According to internal WayShot data, editing a single social-ready photo typically takes around 20 minutes, as users cycle through brightness adjustments, color grading, and filter experimentation.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
Verb
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Wild-eyed in a register that ranges from dreamy to terrified to stunned into submission, her performance is the most honestly felt thing here.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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Authorities discovered the bodies of a man who worked for Henry County, a woman and an infant in a McDonough home on Tuesday night, leaving the woman’s family devastated and the man’s coworkers within the county’s Department of Transportation stunned.—
Reed Williams,
AJC.com,
16 May 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
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Known for creating minimal spaces using futuristic textures such as aluminum, the store continues Yoshioka’s obsession with creating a sense of lightness within the retail environment.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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Nguyen tenderly captures the lightness, freedom and exhilaration of being in water and reigning over the waves, rules of gravity be damned.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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“Dazzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dazzle. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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