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Recent Examples of Synonyms for luminesces
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Nothing gleams as beautifully as a white kitchen.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 Aug. 2025
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The lasers converge and somehow create what looks like a circular portal to another planet which shimmers and spins.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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This technique often is used with fencing to create a visual barrier and to startle geese when the tape shimmers in the breeze.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
23 Aug. 2025
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Its central glass dome—home to the swimming paradise—glows like a lantern at dusk.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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At the absolute highest energies, the Moon glows with a light all its own, powered by nuclear recoils, and irrespective of any light, or anything at all, emitted by the Sun.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
4 Sep. 2025
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Next to a rocky limestone cliff, a small lake covered with lilies and algae glistens beside a crumbling 19th-century building that resembles an Ottoman bathhouse.—
Jennifer Walker,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2025
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Someone who beams when an expert tastes her homemade apple butter and genuinely enjoys it.—
Erin Hill,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The result is a film that glimmers with moments of wit and melancholy but never settles into coherence.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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Where a cistern once hid beneath the floor to collect rainwater, an outdoor pool now glimmers.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Grand Teton National Park shines in the fall with golden aspens, dramatic peaks, and a break from summer crowds.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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Based on his races this season, 2025 may be the year his talent fully shines on the podium.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The northern line of the Patton Meadow Fire blazes over a ridgeline on August 16, 2021, near Lakeview, Oregon.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Luminesces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luminesces. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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