as in brilliance
the quality or state of having or giving off light
the dazzle of the stars on a cold but clear winter's night
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Recent Examples of dazzle
Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Test yourself on Hollywood highlights, dazzling debuts and federal festivities inthis week's American Culture Quiz.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2025
During the Wednesday, January 8 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, River and Remy dazzled the crowd during their first interview — and looked just like their mom while doing it.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
And for people approaching the Fania discography for the first time, the old albums still dazzle with their poetry and vision.
—Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The uninspired script drags in all the wrong places and the set pieces fail to dazzle, ensuring that the film succeeds as neither an action movie nor a comedy.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Test yourself on Hollywood highlights, dazzling debuts and federal festivities inthis week's American Culture Quiz.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2025
During the Wednesday, January 8 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, River and Remy dazzled the crowd during their first interview — and looked just like their mom while doing it.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
And for people approaching the Fania discography for the first time, the old albums still dazzle with their poetry and vision.
—Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dazzle
Noun
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Here is a test of how a director can mine brilliance out of a single location, with only two actors.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2025
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Build layers to customize your shine, from subtle to high-impact brilliance.—
Jessica Diner,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Somehow the site’s breathtaking antiquity had, all this time, succeeded in blinding me to its host country’s youth, its essential fragility.—
Youmna Melhem Chamieh,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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However, when left unchecked, ambition can morph into a toxic force that blinds individuals to ethical considerations.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Further, generative image editing is now available offline and a new virtual aperture too gives you real-time control over depth and brightness.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
24 Jan. 2025
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Southern Collard Greens Recipe Cabbage Use it to add brightness to cabbage dishes.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
20 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Legal Challenges Image Legal scholars and immigration advocates said on Tuesday that they were stunned by the breadth of the order.—
Michael D. Shear,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Director Mohammad Rasoulof tracks social and moral collapse with the kind of unnerving calm and visual precision that made the Iranian New Wave so striking when Abbas Kiarostami’s Through the Olive Trees and Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s A Moment of Innocence first stunned the film world in the 1990s.—
Armond White,
National Review,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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The dancers highlighted the garments’ opulent textures, crisp lines, and relaxed, airy silhouettes through movement, reaffirming the new collection’s embrace of lightness intertwined with impeccable craftsmanship.—
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
21 Jan. 2025
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This Cognac is rich with fruit notes, but there’s a lightness to it and just enough tannin to temper the sweetness without drying it out.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Dazzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dazzle. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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