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as in brilliancy
the quality or state of having or giving off light
the brilliance of the flash from the camera was so intense that I was blinded for a moment afterwards
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as in majesty
impressiveness of beauty on a large scale
the brilliance of the palace is really quite staggering
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Recent Examples of brilliance
Lee’s death stunned the tech community as fellow executives and engineers penned tributes to his generosity and brilliance.
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Catherine McGrath, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
Flashes of absolute game-changing, field-flipping brilliance, followed by weeks of anonymity, peppered by pouting and social-media finger-pointing.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2024
But Zendaya’s character, Chani, is a great example of Denis’ brilliance.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2024
Reviews were mostly positive, occasionally ecstatic, with Danes’ performance often singled out for its brilliance.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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Catherine McGrath, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
Flashes of absolute game-changing, field-flipping brilliance, followed by weeks of anonymity, peppered by pouting and social-media finger-pointing.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2024
But Zendaya’s character, Chani, is a great example of Denis’ brilliance.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2024
Reviews were mostly positive, occasionally ecstatic, with Danes’ performance often singled out for its brilliance.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brilliance
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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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Set emerald green against bright white to highlight its brilliancy.Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2022
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People have been tippling there for more than four hundred years, and the wine list has the heft—and the persuasive majesty—of a Gutenberg Bible.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Rush visits the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica and tests her writing skills by attempting to describe it in all its majesty.Krista Stevens, Longreads, 9 Dec. 2024
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The planet and star will be at almost equal brightness and their color contrast will be striking.Joe Rao, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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And the eclipse ends as the moon returns to normal brightness at 4:47 a.m.Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 19 Dec. 2024
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However, when his owner Macrinus (Denzel Washington) becomes mad with seeking power, Hanno starts a revolution to return Rome to its former glory.Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Dec. 2024
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From sports glory to mass protests, a trial that captivated the nation and a stressful election season, 2024 was an eventful year for Massachusetts.Mike Deehan, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
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When used conservatively, oil can be a great way to address dryness and frizz while maintaining the bounce and lightness of your waves.Erin Parker, Allure, 27 Dec. 2024
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Angel tackled darker themes than its predecessor while still maintaining the quippy lightness that makes Joss Whedon’s masterpieces, well, masterpieces.Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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The Shiz student who will become The Good Witch has a kind of classical elegance — Hannon says she was inspired by Princess Grace, particularly with Grande’s hair — and skin that is opalescent.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, at Four Seasons Santa Fe, the introduction of Seraphim Social Beverages—two nonalcoholic red wines—brings a similar level of elegance to the Southwest.Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The magnificence of the technology is on full display in a bravura sequence in which Tóth and Van Buren travel to the marble quarries of Carrara, Italy, to select a piece of stone for the altarpiece that will sit in the Institute’s chapel.Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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Joe Espada aced his first managerial test The Astros did not start 7-19 because of Espada, nor is their turnaround in June a byproduct of some managerial magnificence.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 15 July 2024
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There were seven Crusades, which cut down the flower of Europe’s nobility and annihilated innumerable poor serfs for a period of more than 150 years until 1270.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024
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Collection There’s a nobility that usually comes with characters who overcome disabilities, to say nothing of the actors who play them, but one of the dark pleasures of Matchstick Men is that triumph over adversity means being the most effective criminal possible.Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Brilliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brilliance. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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