splendor

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as in miracle
something extraordinary or surprising some of the many splendors of the reign of Tutankhamen are on display in this new travelling exhibition

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Recent Examples of splendor Costumes by Lisy Christl and ace production design by Jonathan Houlding add to the visual splendor. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025 Britain’s first luxury sleeper train has finally arrived, offering travelers a front-row seat to the splendor of the idyllic English countryside. Ann Shields, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025 Rose lovers come from around the world to see the famous rose tree in all its splendor. Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Both a send-up of, and winking tribute to, the splendor and ridiculousness of industry awards shows, Yang and Rogers started the Culture Awards in 2022, spinning off the bit from their hit podcast, Las Culturistas. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for splendor
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Noun
  • The winners of the 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Award have been revealed, showcasing a spectacular selection of night sky images that reveal the majesty of ancient galaxies, nebulas, stellar cities and of course, Earth's moon.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Cinematographer Jaime Ackroyd certainly captures Scotland’s majesty, but there is no character to the frames, which look like they could be plucked out of a commercial from a tourism bureau.
    Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The punchy liquid stays put and works nicely as underpaint for a glow beneath base makeup, or for stand-alone brightness in multidimensional shades like Starlite (rose gold with shimmer) and Good Vibes (deep fuchsia with pearlescent particles).
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Both of the Pop projectors are rated to deliver 700 lumens of brightness, but the EF62 sports a 4K resolution while the EF61 is full HD.
    John Archer, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • An ingredient called miracle berry at the top makes bitter flavors taste sweet.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Small miracles of kindness and kinship are thin on the ground.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Innovation is often portrayed as the lone genius’s spark of brilliance.
    David Henkin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Stars are easily resolved within seconds and an enhanced vision time of two minutes is more than enough to show their brilliance.
    Harry Bennett, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • So, astronomers have come up with a compromise regarding the geometry of the sun's illumination angle on Venus' disk versus its distance from Earth to determine the time of Venus' greatest brilliancy.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Family circles will have wrapped themselves in the holy pleasures of the great occasion, and everywhere the grand old holiday will have been introduced with all the majesty and brilliancy which clings around the hallowed name of Christmas.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • This positively insane domestic horror movie is one of Perry’s most slapdash productions, a true so-bad-it’s-brilliant marvel.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
  • And, of course, a Southeast Asian spot (and interior design marvel) in the Windy City isn’t to be forgotten.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The 33-year-old’s mind and body had been through a lot, to say the least, on the Lionesses’ rollercoaster ride to European glory.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The club’s current plight is a far cry from the Alex Ferguson glory days when United won a record 13 Premier League titles and was a two-time Champions League winner.
    Patrick Snell, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Tubular steel for strength, plywood for lightness, glass to maximize daylight—these were engineering as much as design.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The scent is smoky yet sweet, spicy yet smooth, dark but with an underlying lightness—the result of combining clean white musk with rose, tobacco, suede, and cumin.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Splendor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splendor. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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