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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Recent Examples of brightness
The Smart Eye Comfort Mode automatically adjusts screen brightness, contrast, color temp, saturation and so on with the help of AI, while the Personalized mode puts the user in charge.
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New Atlas, 12 July 2025
What is the best way to dry white clothes to maintain their brightness?
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
The 1080p, 15-inch screen doesn't have great color accuracy, but the 300 nits of brightness are nice.
—Luke Larsen, Wired News, 12 July 2025
Still, you'll be rewarded with top-notch picture processing matched with vibrant brightness and colors, as well as Samsung's pedestal-style floating-screen design and plenty of gaming features.
—Ryan Waniata, Wired News, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for brightness
New Atlas, 12 July 2025
What is the best way to dry white clothes to maintain their brightness?
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
The 1080p, 15-inch screen doesn't have great color accuracy, but the 300 nits of brightness are nice.
—Luke Larsen, Wired News, 12 July 2025
Still, you'll be rewarded with top-notch picture processing matched with vibrant brightness and colors, as well as Samsung's pedestal-style floating-screen design and plenty of gaming features.
—Ryan Waniata, Wired News, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for brightness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brightness
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Pinnacle of splendor On Sunday morning, April 27, Venus comes up in total darkness while shining at its greatest brilliancy (magnitude –4.7).—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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So, astronomers have come up with a compromise regarding the geometry of the sun's illumination angle on Venus' disk versus its distance from Earth to determine the time of Venus' greatest brilliancy.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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After thinking of it as a separate musical idea, Moody realized that the character’s endless curiosity and moments of brilliance were at his heart.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
25 July 2025
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Yet, individual brilliance means little without collaboration.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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Has more of that Innocent Man lightness and exuberance than most of the stuff on his later records, and benefits from it.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Vulture,
18 July 2025
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Gaura: With its wispy, butterfly-like blossoms, gaura adds lightness and motion to garden beds.—
Lauren Dunec Hoang,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 July 2025
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The full Sturgeon Moon should reach peak illumination by Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025.—
Jenny Porter Tilley,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 July 2025
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In all cases, the full moon adds an element of illumination, transformation and positive energy to the event.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
9 July 2025
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This is coupled with the increase in solar luminosity as the sun brightens with age (in just over a billion years' time the sun will be too luminous and hot for life on Earth to survive).—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
2 July 2025
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The best overall pick was Tom Ford’s Soleil Blanc Shimmering Body Oil for its subtle-yet-buildable luminosity, minimal transfer onto clothes, and delightful fragrance.—
Catharine Malzahn,
Glamour,
17 June 2025
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“Brightness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brightness. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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