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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
Ever since Barefoot Contessa debuted in 2002, Ina Garten has been one of my go-to sources for dinner party inspiration, hosting hacks, baking brilliance, and beyond.
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2025
And Jordan Spieth, always unpredictable, can still conjure brilliance when the weather turns.
—Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 9 July 2025
In talent, the teams appeared even, and in individual brilliance, the 11th-place club was better.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025
Biel leads Charlotte with 16 goal contributions this season, but individual brilliance can’t mask collective defensive failures that have kept the Crown outside the playoff picture.
—Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2025
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2025
And Jordan Spieth, always unpredictable, can still conjure brilliance when the weather turns.
—Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 9 July 2025
In talent, the teams appeared even, and in individual brilliance, the 11th-place club was better.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025
Biel leads Charlotte with 16 goal contributions this season, but individual brilliance can’t mask collective defensive failures that have kept the Crown outside the playoff picture.
—Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brilliance
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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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More admired than beloved, the show has extended an open challenge to theater artists drawn to the sophisticated majesty of Brown’s Tony-winning score but daunted by the expansive scope of Uhry’s Tony-winning book.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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While some of these women have officially earned their crowns in the Disney princess canon, other heroines like Elsa from Frozen (2013) and Mirabel from Encanto (2021) have essentially become honorary majesties.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 June 2025
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This is equivalent to a quadrupling of sky brightness over the duration of a human childhood (18 years).—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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The team also compared the surface brightness of TOI 1227 with models of stellar evolution.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 July 2025
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Ah, the glory days of corporate fashion, remember them?—
Karissa Mitchell,
Essence,
23 July 2025
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Both films fell far short in their bids for box office glory, with Captain America: Brave New World earning $413.6 million against a $180 million production budget before P&A.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
23 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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Opened in 1912, this grand railway-era hotel blends old-world elegance with an unbeatable location: steps from Parliament Hill and close to the Rideau Canal, and downtown’s top museums and restaurants.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Travel + Leisure,
22 July 2025
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This is the shift from being a coder to a code craftsperson—focusing on intentionality, experience, elegance and building systems that last.—
Deepa Shekhar,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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The warmth of your home will prompt the blossoms to open to their full magnificence.—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 May 2025
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Sometimes humorously, sometimes dramatically, the winning photos of The Nature Photography competition are a stunning visual journey through the beauty, magnificence and fragility of our planet.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Did Gilded Age millionaires really marry their daughters to British nobility in exchange for funding their estates?—
Alexis Nedd,
IndieWire,
2 July 2025
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Despite her connection by blood to illustrious Roman nobility, Agrippina would disappear almost as swiftly as she was named.—
Diana Arterian
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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“Brilliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brilliance. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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