as in glows
the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible
we could see inside the cave even without a flashlight because of the luminescence coming from some of the fungus on the walls
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Noun
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Due to the Doppler effect, the speedy gas swirling towards Earth glows blue, while the receding gas glows red.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 Oct. 2025 -
Heavy curtains are drawn, and a single red light bulb glows from the ceiling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Unfortunately, things took a dramatic turn at the end of the hour when Drew arrived at the church, drawing intense glares from nearly everyone in attendance.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
25 Sep. 2025
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Based on Alice Oseman's popular webcomic turned graphic novels, Heartstopper is loaded with longing glares, timid greetings, delicate touches, and all the definitive hallmarks of young love as two classmates fall for each other at Truham Grammar School for Boys.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Both teams decided to play on under secondary lighting only before the main lights eventually returned minutes into the contest.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Never use your high-beam lights.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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My reflection is tall, perhaps rather like an arrow, my blond hair gleams.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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Below, the Winged Victory gleams in the garden.—
Erica Wertheim Zohar,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Luminescences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luminescences. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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