as in brilliancy
the quality or state of having or giving off light
the brightness of the sunshine made me squint after an afternoon spent in a darkened movie theater
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Until then, keep an eye out for Venus, the planet named after the Roman goddess of love, which will reach peak brightness on Feb. 14—just in time for Valentine’s Day.
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Simmone Shah, TIME, 11 Feb. 2025
When to watch Venus at its brightest The second planet from the sun will be at its brightest near Valentine’s Day in 2025, the Almanac said.
Stargazers can glimpse Venus at its greatest brightness on Sunday, Feb. 16.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025
Venus will be near its maximum brightness, while the moon is both in its waxing crescent phase and at its monthly 'perigee'—its closest approach to Earth—10,500 miles nearer than average at 228,000 miles.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
On Valentine's Day (Feb. 14), its cloudy disk will be 27% illuminated and shrinking nightly but its diminishing phase exactly offsets the gain in brightness from its growing apparent size.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025
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Simmone Shah, TIME, 11 Feb. 2025
When to watch Venus at its brightest The second planet from the sun will be at its brightest near Valentine’s Day in 2025, the Almanac said.
Stargazers can glimpse Venus at its greatest brightness on Sunday, Feb. 16.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025
Venus will be near its maximum brightness, while the moon is both in its waxing crescent phase and at its monthly 'perigee'—its closest approach to Earth—10,500 miles nearer than average at 228,000 miles.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
On Valentine's Day (Feb. 14), its cloudy disk will be 27% illuminated and shrinking nightly but its diminishing phase exactly offsets the gain in brightness from its growing apparent size.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 31 Jan. 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
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The Red Planet, shining at magnitude –1.4, is 40° to the east-northeast, and the king of planets, Jove, still near its greatest brilliancy for the year at magnitude –2.8, lies 46° west-southwest of Luna.—
Michael E. Bakich,
Discover Magazine,
7 Nov. 2022
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Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers Live | Stream on Fubo with NBA League Pass With Doncic's elite playmaking and scoring ability combined with LeBron's all-around brilliance, the Lakers instantly became one of the most entertaining teams in the league.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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Over the past decade, she's added a range of characters to her repertoire that attest to her brilliance and versatility.—
Christian John Wikane,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Not far from Khao Yai National Park, Yellow Submarine Coffee Tank is one of the few examples of brutalist architecture in the area that has a lightness exuding an almost Japanese-like zen.—
Lane Nieset,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
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The collections hinged on high-tech fabric solutions which enhanced features such as lightness, stretchability, softness and comfort.—
Andrea Onate,
WWD,
10 Feb. 2025
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How to see it The snow moon reaches peak illumination at 8:53 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 12.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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The snow moon will reach peak illumination Wednesday morning at 8:53 a.m. EST, according to earthsky.org.—
Simmone Shah,
TIME,
11 Feb. 2025
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The overnight serum has tranexamic acid to brighten, niacinamide to strengthen the barrier, seven Swiss alpine plants for luminosity and gluconolactone to boost cell turnover.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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The planet is the fourth world to be spotted in data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, which was designed to map a billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy, cataloguing their masses, luminosities, temperatures and motions through space.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Brightness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brightness. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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