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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
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.
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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
This 44-acre former plant nursery is now a public garden with many vantage points for taking in the autumn splendor.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
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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
This 44-acre former plant nursery is now a public garden with many vantage points for taking in the autumn splendor.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 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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While observing it, astronomers noticed a brief, one-time-only spike in brightness, possibly indicating a gamma-ray burst.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
22 Sep. 2025
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The truth is that subtleties of tonal range, not least brightness and contrast, can be adjusted by the corrector-in-chief.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Alex Consani and Anok Yai are arguably the hottest models in the industry right now—so booked and busy that sitting with them over breakfast at Le Crocodile in Brooklyn one July morning feels like a small miracle.—
Zhong Lin,
Allure,
23 Sep. 2025
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It’s taken 40 iterations to get the formula just right (hence WD-40), but like a magician, the company behind this miracle product won’t reveal its secrets and tell the world exactly what’s in WD-40.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
23 Sep. 2025
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Her finely wrought Neoclassical sculptures stand as evidence of both her artistic brilliance and her refusal to be defined by the limits of her era.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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In the Black Fantastic celebrates the brilliance, imagination, and world-building of Black creators.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 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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Eastlake High School grad Tony Jefferson is a marvel.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Sep. 2025
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What makes this one so special is the way the film transforms this giant boat — a modern marvel of engineering — into a terrifying, deadly obstacle course.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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See the structure in its glory and visit the accompany museum for more background on the building and its colonial roots.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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Admittedly, those were the Project Runway glory years; most recently, in season 20, the finalists got just eight days to make eight looks.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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Weighing less than many rivals, the Evija’s drivetrain balances power with relative lightness.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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The beauty of Swiped, however, is its lightness of touch, and star James understands the assignment perfectly well.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Splendor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splendor. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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