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as in majesty
impressiveness of beauty on a large scale
the splendor of the ancient monument awed us into silence
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as in brightness
the quality or state of having or giving off light
the splendor of the huge diamond can scarcely be described
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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
Nearby Cannes offers a different kind of enchantment—one that contains red carpets and cinematic splendor.
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Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The train’s newest option, the Premium class, provides passengers with a window seat and an individual chair, perfect for enjoying the foliage in all its splendor.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Plotted like a series of ever-expanding bubbles, the movie is primarily driven by splendor more than anything else, and by the sheer joy of discovering what life has to offer for the first time.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025
But there are also flashes of visual splendor, like tiny shards of some kind of exotic broken vase — fragments of what could have been.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
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Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The train’s newest option, the Premium class, provides passengers with a window seat and an individual chair, perfect for enjoying the foliage in all its splendor.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Plotted like a series of ever-expanding bubbles, the movie is primarily driven by splendor more than anything else, and by the sheer joy of discovering what life has to offer for the first time.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025
But there are also flashes of visual splendor, like tiny shards of some kind of exotic broken vase — fragments of what could have been.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splendor
Noun
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Autumn Perkins, who lives in Middletown, Ohio, visited a Starbucks location inside Kroger and run by Kroger to order the mint majesty with two honeys.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Photographers interested in capturing the majesty of the night sky should read our roundup of the best cameras and lenses for astrophotography.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Despite the full moon's brightness, the solar activity could still create a stunning auroral display.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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Sprigs of ‘Nagami’ semidwarf kumquats add brightness.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Then we got suckered again, paying $100,000 to another miracle healer who had something called a PAP-IMI machine, which can supposedly cure anything with electromagnetic waves.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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Nina Tassler bought the pitch in the room but a bigger miracle to be teamed up with Jerry Bruckheimer.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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Buffett and Munger’s brilliance is undeniable, but their example also shows what not to do.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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This whole event shows how Nobel history is shaped not only by brilliance but also by timing, politics, and the personal dynamics of those involved.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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Browse a bit and marvel at the beauty of the buildings and the window displays.—
Pat Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Oct. 2025
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Bridges have always been one of the most awe-inspiring marvels of engineering.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The film chronicles Saquon Barkley’s journey to Super Bowl glory with the Philadelphia Eagles.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
4 Oct. 2025
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Only in a few photos is his head rotated enough to see his schnoz in all its Ashkenazic glory.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Nowhere was this more evident than in the crisp shirting, recalling the shirts Coco herself wore, which brought a lightness and purity not seen in recent collections.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
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The performance sunglass versions, which use Zeiss lenses, will be priced at roughly double many Cutler & Gross acetate models, but the lightness, strength, and precision of the materials are well worth the investment.—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Splendor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splendor. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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