shininess

noun

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as in sheen

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  1. sheen
  2. gloss
  3. polish
  4. luminescence
  5. glow
  6. fluorescence
Noun
  • Jonathan Van Ness Jonathan Van Ness brought a metallic sheen to the 2025 Golden Globes after party hosted by UTA.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
  • But, like workers shedding the new year festivities and glumly marching back to the office, stocks lost their sheen, began tilting down and closed the session lower.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of sheen
Noun
  • Laforet explained that human eyes are needed to evaluate aspects of color like texture, gloss and metamerism—or the phenomenon where color appears different when seen under a different type of lighting.
    Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Lawrence wore a light blush, pink gloss, and black eyeliner.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of gloss
Noun
  • Arizona: Is this a typical Tommy Lloyd team in terms of offensive polish and connectivity?
    Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Pets are on the floors more often than humans, so be particularly careful with floor cleansers, polishes, and waxes.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of polish
Noun
  • This luminescence is the hallmark of this mushroom, which gave rise to its common name: the ghost fungus.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Its sawtooth roofline’s skylights that once poured shadowless daylight onto the factory floor now provide the perfect luminescence for minimalist sculpture.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of luminescence
Noun
  • Strolling along the park’s paths, which are much quieter in the winter months, visitors will encounter powerful works depicting human emotions and relationships, framed by the soft glow of winter light.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • With the flash used by the photographer, the crab looks to be standing at center stage, in the glow of a spotlight.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of glow
Noun
  • Unlike with fluorescence, this process does not need an external source of light.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Jan. 2025
  • On a recent Saturday, at a bar in New York City’s Tribeca, a couple of hundred young sports fans in T-shirts and baseball caps ordered light beers served in tall glasses and shouted over a bellowing sound system under the confining fluorescence of 57 televisions.
    Jack Sullivan, airmail.news, 6 Apr. 2024
Definition of fluorescence
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