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Recent Examples of shininess
It is also used as a food glaze to provide shininess, particularly in candies, fruit, gum and coffee beans.
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Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
Folks are drawn to the shininess and the shows.
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Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2026
In the same way, the Mac's version of Liquid Glass looks slightly toned down compared to the same styling in iOS and iPadOS, with a lot less shininess and translucency (not none, but less).
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ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
Folks are drawn to the shininess and the shows.
—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2026
In the same way, the Mac's version of Liquid Glass looks slightly toned down compared to the same styling in iOS and iPadOS, with a lot less shininess and translucency (not none, but less).
—
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shininess
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Owning a home has long been considered part of financial freedom and the larger American Dream, but that concept itself has lost its sheen as a rising share of young Americans grow disillusioned with it.
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Pattern Beauty Body Butter + Body Oil Designed to work together, this pairing helps seal in moisture while creating a healthy-looking sheen that lasts for hours.
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Sporting a classic, Georgian-style exterior, the home has been revamped inside by the acclaimed designer Kelly Wearstler, who’s imbued the interiors with a sexy, high-gloss aesthetic.
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Kristin Ess Signature Hair Gloss Adds noticeable gloss and enhances tone with tinted options for different hair colors.
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The heel is open, which is a nice touch in the summer heat, while the pointed toe adds polish.
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Cat-eye polish shimmers like the finest silk as a base to solid white tips.
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Her exhibit design vision, envisaged in partnership with partner Paul Cournet and his studio Cloud, incorporated luminescence and hues that radiated from the gems, dictating the color palette of purple, green, yellow and pink.
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In a new study published in PLOS, researchers analyzed 161 fossils with a new rapid and non-destructive protocol, based on stimulating the bone remains with an external energy source, called luminescence.
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Like the living room, the bedroom is painted the same flat white but the quality of the eastern light filtering into the bedroom casts a buttery glow.
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By the end of the movie, even something as natural as daylight has become suffused with a heavenly glow, and the beads of sweat on a dying body sparkle with a beauty that Emily had never been able to find anywhere else in her tragedy of a life.
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While that sounds much more intuitive, a technique called X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy reveals that what’s on the surface might not be the whole story.
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Also indicative of a dense shroud of gas were signs of fluorescence and helium-absorbing radiation.
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“Shininess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shininess. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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