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Recent Examples of effulgence Though the Star of Bethlehem has sunk, yet its sacred effulgence beams forth periodically, again and again, and a universe is filled with joy in honor of the Great Redeemer. Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024 Maggie Rogers paired her of-the-moment shag with natural notes—bare skin, freckles, grass—as elsewhere, Elle Fanning enjoyed the lit effects of golden hour, which took her complexion and blanched blonde to new levels of effulgence. Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 10 July 2022 Just ask Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex who took her lit-from-within skin to the next level yesterday with an ample swirl of roseate blush applied to transform her pregnancy glow into a full-on display of effulgence. Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2018 One part shimmery smoky eye, one part unexpected pressing of pigment, Lopez's eyeshadow plotted with her luminous skin and swipe of pale pink lipgloss to exude effulgence. Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2018 Absent from Van Noten’s three-decade career are stories of bankruptcy, strife, irresponsibility, overleverage, overexpansion, overspending or unhinged, dangerous effulgence. Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for effulgence
Noun
  • That’s about the same brightness as Polaris, the North Star, the 48th brightest star in the night sky.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
  • The large 27-inch screen has a dreamy 5K resolution—an uncommon combo, hence the steep price—and hits 600 nits of brightness.
    Brenda Stolyar, Wired News, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Few would deny the brilliance of Ousmane Dembele’s goal for Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League semi-final’s first leg last month: a sweeping 26-pass move that carved through Arsenal.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 May 2025
  • But Bobrovsky, building off several big saves in overtime in Game 3, had moments of brilliance when shots did get to him, spurring the crowd to cheer him on.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • This million-dollar number comes in two versions, one in titanium and the other in Carbon TPT, a high-tech material that shares properties of lightness and resistance with those used in Formula 1 cars.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 2 May 2025
  • Despite that lengthy maturation, there’s a lightness to the tequila and the palate has notes of dark chocolate, black pepper, leather, and some bright herbs on the finish.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Effulgence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effulgence. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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