as in minute
a very small space of time
in just a twinkle, the shooting star was gone
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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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Recent Examples of twinkle
Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 27 May 2025
With glitter freckles and sparkling lip glosses that twinkle like disco balls, makeup lovers are ready to embrace some glitz and glamour in their summer looks.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 20 May 2025
Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
The bright stars Altair and Vega will be visible twinkling above the moon, while the planets Saturn and Venus will become visible climbing ever higher into the eastern sky to the left of the moon in the hour preceding sunrise.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 May 2025
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Noun
Celebrity Beauty Twinkle, twinkle… May 27, 2025 All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by our editors.
—Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 27 May 2025
With glitter freckles and sparkling lip glosses that twinkle like disco balls, makeup lovers are ready to embrace some glitz and glamour in their summer looks.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 20 May 2025
Verb
There, guests can gaze upon the twinkling city lights and the River Torrens below.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
The bright stars Altair and Vega will be visible twinkling above the moon, while the planets Saturn and Venus will become visible climbing ever higher into the eastern sky to the left of the moon in the hour preceding sunrise.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twinkle
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Cynthia, seeing Carmen and Julius bleeding, sped to the hospital, one minute away, but Carmen was pronounced dead on arrival.—
Sally Ventura
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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This one came in at three days, 21 hours, 41 minutes.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 June 2025
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Advertisement What Ennis fears, the violent murder that flashes through his mind when Lureen tells him of Jack’s death as a result of an exploding tire, is still happening.—
Rich Juzwiak,
Time,
24 June 2025
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Red and blue lights flash in the background alongside groups of onlookers as police motorcycles follow the vehicle.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
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Ranging from $45 to $55, the eight art prints in the capsule feature pre-framed designs that gleam with silver and gold foil detailing.—
Kelly Dawson,
Architectural Digest,
24 June 2025
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The gleaming family-style kitchen that's both welcoming and chic.—
Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin,
Southern Living,
24 June 2025
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Another system uses the vehicle’s connectivity to assist drivers anticipate road hazards, and still one more monitors whether a driver is actually paying attention to the road and even monitors the driver’s heartbeat to detect his or her stress level.—
Ed Garsten,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Independent bookstores are the heartbeats of their communities.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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The effect is transportive: for one night, the entire town flickers with reflection and release.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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When our eyes met, something flickered between us — recognition, confusion, then ice.—
David Lee Condrey,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Sunlight glints off the water with a Mediterranean shimmer.—
Alexandra Gillespie,
AFAR Media,
23 June 2025
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Simulations suggest that roughly one in 10 Rubin images will contain at least one bright streak or glint from the thousands of SpaceX Starlink and other satellites orbiting Earth.—
Jonathan Corum,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Holliday speculates that at least some of the footprints were made in what were once trackways that took mere seconds to traverse.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 June 2025
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In California And Wins Impressively, Hill wins his 100 meter heat at the Last Chance Meet in California, running 10.15 seconds.—
Cory Mull,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Earlier pressings of this record sounded muddy and boxed in, but here, the piano sparkles and the guitar cuts.—
Philip Martin,
Arkansas Online,
19 June 2025
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Littell has been sparkling in that area with a mark of 1.07.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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“Twinkle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twinkle. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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