as in brilliance
impressiveness of beauty on a large scale
the splendidness of the view from Mount Holyoke's summit inspired a number of 19th-century landscape painters to make the ascent
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Steve Kerr compared the win to the Warriors’ heyday as champions, as Curry’s offensive brilliance, Green’s shutdown defense and some timely shooting from Al Horford took Golden State over the top.—
Pueng Vongs,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026 -
The second season of Beef can’t reproduce the sneak-up-on-you brilliance of the first, but without many direct connections this eight-episode story feels very much of a piece.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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The majesty of the natural world and the incomprehensible vastness of space are almost infinitely rearrangeable variables for documentarians.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
13 Apr. 2026
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The design captures the majesty and beauty of its origin.—
Lisa Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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But when Willy floats into a conversation with Ben or experiences a memory of Biff’s high-school glory days, golden light floods the stage through a high bank of dirty windows.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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But most perennials bloom for only a few weeks and take several years to reach their full glory and maturity.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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There’s an elegance to the togetherness, and the loss of individuality is something extraordinarily powerful and beautiful.—
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
15 Apr. 2026
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The Kenrick’s design strikes a balance between modern elegance and Alpine warmth.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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Mosaic magnificence Fine art and mosaic design come together on the patio of this Massachusetts residence, which features stainless-steel appliances under a mosaic installation created with half-inch vitreous glass.—
Megan Johnson,
Architectural Digest,
12 Mar. 2026
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The film’s press campaign has, quite reasonably, played up the magnificence of Skarsgård’s body in leather and winked at the transgressiveness on display.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Splendidness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splendidness. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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