as in glowing
giving off or reflecting much light
the shining moon formed a nice backdrop for our outdoor concert
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as in beaming
to emit rays of light
the sun appears to shine particularly brightly in summer because that is when it's closest to the Earth
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as in polishing
to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure
the salesman shined his shoes every morning before leaving the house
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Recent Examples of shining
Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Sure, the Currys should get another stab at it on Monday, when the Warriors make their annual trek to Charlotte and Steph Curry’s yearly shining moment in uptown takes place.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025
Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
The real shining gem of Pokémon's eighth generation was Legends: Arceus.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Sure, the Currys should get another stab at it on Monday, when the Warriors make their annual trek to Charlotte and Steph Curry’s yearly shining moment in uptown takes place.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
Temperatures can swing wildly between day and night, with being 86 degrees Fahrenheit while the sun is shining and then drop as low as 45 or even 39 degrees when darkness falls, Suárez says.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025
Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shining
Adjective
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The patty cooked to a perfect medium, slightly larger than his ideal five ounces, and sans the tomatoes, gets a fairly glowing review (which can’t be said of every spot).—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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To see the longest glowing debris trains, set your gaze 40 degrees above the radiant after allowing your eyes to adjust to the dark for 30 minutes.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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Powell remains one of movie stardom’s great young hopes, a blonde and beaming Texan taken under the wing of Tom Cruise who shares his mentor’s embrace of visible, enthusiastic effort.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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Inside, the parlor is mostly dark with brilliant, prismatic lights beaming from the dozens of pinball machines.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Venus ends its Virgo run in your communication house, polishing your words with discernment.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
5 Oct. 2025
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Over the course of the next 36 years, McNally returned to the script again and again, rewriting, restaging, refining and polishing it into something that eventually became one of Broadway’s biggest hits of 2014 and ’15.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Two meteor showers and a luminous supermoon will light up the California night sky in October.—
Mike Haskey,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The comet's nucleus will be shrouded in a luminous halo of gas and dust, with a long tail streaming out behind.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Museums are free, and so is public transportation, including gleaming new electric trams.—
Vivienne Walt,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Pale woods, vaulted ceilings, and large windows keep the place feeling light and bright even in the darkest part of the year, with views that extend from the mountain peaks to the valley below, gleaming white in the winter and lush with greenery in the summer.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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More videos show Dangy rubbing Rune’s belly and feeding him with a bottle.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Like rubbing salt into the wound, an activist investor is seeking to block outgoing Target chief executive officer Brian Cornell’s transition to executive chairman next February.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Afterwards, walk through the dazzling Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, pausing to admire the glass dome and beautiful mosaic floors (but beware of pickpockets).—
Laura Itzkowitz,
AFAR Media,
3 Oct. 2025
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Every ounce of it was on display when Mitchell initially made that dazzling catch against the Rams.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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What had seemed an impossible task transformed into a practical matter of six little arrows, radiating around a central concept.—
Zadie Smith,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Along with users telling her to appreciate every second, others took a moment to admire the pure joy radiating from Luna and her family.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Shining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shining. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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