luminesces

verb

present tense third-person singular of luminesce
as in glitters

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for luminesces
  1. glitters
  2. gleams
  3. shimmers
  4. glows
  5. rays
  6. glistens
  7. beams
  8. glimmers
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  • Geena Davis glitters in a red gown at the Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony in France on May 23.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
Definition of glitters
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  • Like Beckham’s dress, the 100-percent silk dress softly gleams in the light.
    — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Despite a couple of funky skips, the album is fueled by the hunger of an artist who really wants the pop life again, perking up electro-scuzz and arena rock with new wave that gleams like glitter.
    — Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2025
Definition of gleams
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  • The park’s crown jewel, Sylvan Lake shimmers below towering rock formations.
    — Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Both for the islanders and for us, the summer shimmers with a hallucinatory mixture of languor and emotional speed, as summers do in childhood.
    — Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
Definition of shimmers
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  • In New York City, Pete Davidson films his new movie Tommy Karate with a new look, while Savannah Guthrie glows in florals for Roger Federer’s exhibition match at the US Open.
    — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Killarney National Park, Ireland The Emerald Isle glows in all shades of green, and few Irish destinations show off this color palette like Killarney National Park.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of glows
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  • Scientists have long grouped sharks together as a natural evolutionary unit, meaning every shark species shares a common ancestor that rays and skates do not.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Definition of rays
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  • Fifty years later, his military haircut glistens with silver from a lifetime serving in fatigues.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • Mercury's steady light will shine low on the western horizon in the glow of the setting sun, as while Jupiter glistens close to its upper left, with Venus and the moon lining up beyond to create a spectacular planetary display.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 June 2026
Definition of glistens
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  • The sun beams down as Karen Sterling waits in line for a Talarico rally in Lockhardt on July 28.
    — Eleanor Dearman Updated August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Inside Billy’s private movie theater, the projector beams down on the back of Anderson’s head like that infamous Nicole Kidman AMC promo.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of beams
Verb
  • Uranus is high in the southern sky near the Pleiades star cluster, and vivid Jupiter glimmers up in the east.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The result is a film that glimmers with moments of wit and melancholy but never settles into coherence.
    — Leila Latif, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
Definition of glimmers
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