variants
or relighted
as in rekindled
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Verb
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Since its discovery, the comet has brightened in magnitude and is becoming more and more visible.—
Harry Bennett,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025 -
Kindling his broad grin and clean laughter brightened even the most discouraging day.—
Jim Moore,
Outdoor Life,
8 Oct. 2025
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Many things happen in those diaries but the event that’s seared into my mind involves a new hat.—
Zadie Smith,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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These moments are seared into the Premier League’s collective memory, and have probably burnished Ferguson’s reputation for late strikes beyond the statistical reality.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Such comparisons are too easily drawn, with too much self-righteousness, as though the guilt for what was done to the Jews could be lightened just a little by likening them to their own murderers.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The earlier layoff constituted 8% of staff, which will mean Lionsgate will have lightened its head count by 13% when this round of downsizing is done.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Relit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relit. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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