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twinkle 1 of 2

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as in minute
a very small space of time in just a twinkle, the shooting star was gone

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twinkle

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verb

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as in to flicker
to shine with light at regular intervals holiday decorations twinkled in the shop windows

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as in to gleam
to shoot forth bursts of light stars twinkling on a crisp September night

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“Twinkle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twinkle. Accessed 5 Dec. 2022.

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