raying

verb

present participle of ray
1
as in shining
to emit rays of light klieg lights were raying against the nighttime sky at the Hollywood premiere

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2
as in radiating
to extend outwards from or as if from a central point laugh wrinkles rayed out from the corners of the old man's eyes

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  1. shining
  2. radiating
  3. glowing
Verb
  • The shining light this year is that there hasn’t been a major hurricane.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Skarsgard, who, like Colman, has made some daring career moves in recent years, became the only man to do this knight-in-shining-wicker justice.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of shining
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  • And then there’s an energetic quality, at times radiating light and other times shining it—with or without pulsing strobes—on others.
    — Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Some kids come into this life and catch all the breaks and start making money and going places and radiating confidence and functionality and the world opens right up to them.
    — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of radiating
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  • For the best views look 40-90 degrees away from the radiant, where the glowing trains left in the wake of the fast-moving meteors will be at their longest.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • But the phone’s first public testers have given glowing feedback.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of glowing
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“Raying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raying. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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