as in brightness
the quality or state of having or giving off light
the lovely lustrousness of her hair just made you want to stroke it
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Town officials say strict regulations would also control the size, brightness, and how often the images on those signs can change.—
Conor McGill,
CBS News,
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However, some form of auto-brightness might have still been activated, buried deep in a menu, or an image-processing feature that also dims the picture could have been running.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
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Steve Kerr compared the win to the Warriors’ heyday as champions, as Curry’s offensive brilliance, Green’s shutdown defense and some timely shooting from Al Horford took Golden State over the top.—
Pueng Vongs,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The second season of Beef can’t reproduce the sneak-up-on-you brilliance of the first, but without many direct connections this eight-episode story feels very much of a piece.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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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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Recycled cotton continues to anchor ADM’s sustainability mission, while linen brings seasonal lightness and texture and Tencel blends deliver the softness premium brands expect without environmental compromise, according to Zahra Ahmed, director of ADM.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Red wine vinaigrette brings the lightness, but the other option of labneh ranch has the right touch of richness.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Lustrousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lustrousness. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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