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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overbright
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This user experience gap is a glaring oversight that leaves many customers frustrated, confused and wondering if the futuristic fintech promises were just clever marketing.—
Sal Rehmetullah,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025 -
Brunson’s game-winning, ice-cold three only numbed the pain the Knicks endured — pain a better opponent will continue to impose on a team that has shown more glaring holes than bright spots.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
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The ancient Lycians ruled modern-day Turkey’s southwestern corner more than 2,000 years ago, but their legacy endures in the spectacular cities of the dead still carved into the region’s cliffs.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
17 May 2025
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That two-goal cushion came in handy, too, as Villa halved the deficit with a bullet header from Mbwana Samatta, before being denied by a spectacular Claudio Bravo save as the final whistle approached.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Hoffman has done a marvelous job of reading through Aimee’s voluminous, florid writings and creating a narrative that works for the modern ear.—
Carolyn Kellogg,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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Set against the tumultuous cultural backdrop of Brazil, the album’s florid, psychedelic soul chronicles the relationship between a darker-skinned Black man and a lighter-skinned Black woman.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2025
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The industry's brightest stars, including Lainey Wilson, Reba McEntire and more, gathered at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, to find out who is taking home the night's biggest honors.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2025
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This compact residence is packed with standout features such as double-paned glass doors and wall-to-wall windows that create a bright, open, airy feel.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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These are lessons that served me well as a young parent and brought more joy and stability into my family life than a fancy, expensive trip ever could.—
Joshua Becker,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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High-profile former cable anchors—including Joy Reid, axed from MSNBC (to Maddow’s dismay) during the same programming reshuffle that saw Psaki elevated—have found an audience by posting independently to Substack, stripped of the bells and whistles of a fancy studio.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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These lurid discoveries underscored the threat of more bureaucratic episodes in the history of tax data sharing, including the controversy over the USDA’s statistical program.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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Headlines about the case have at times focused on its more lurid details, like the roughly 1,000 bottles of baby oil and personal lubricant seized from his home during a March 2024 search conducted by federal authorities.—
Sandra Gonzalez,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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But our concern is not with tawdry tales of Ferraris, Rolexes, and ball gowns.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The rescue of the redevelopment of the tawdry Coliseum site, the city’s third-rate convention center at Columbus Circle, is a stunning example of his skill at design and communication.—
Ed Wallace,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Wynton Marsalis is looking snazzy in a suit and tie as our Zoom video call gets underway, having just returned from a faculty meeting at The Juilliard School in New York.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
5 May 2025
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This is followed by a snazzy trine between Venus and Aries and Mars in Leo on May 22, as this synergy evokes a desire for passion, romance and creative expression, while the sun in Gemini’s sextile with Neptune in Aries inspires us to dream big and tap into our intuition.—
Staff Author,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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“Overbright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbright. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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