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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
Audiences haven’t paid much attention to these films despite Kidman’s brilliance in them.
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Ah, the simplicity and brilliance of a pre-soaked treatment pad—no guesswork, no mess, just the perfect amount every time.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 20 Dec. 2024
Blondie lit up the Billboard Hot 100 with four chart-topping hits that defined their genre-bending brilliance.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024
The brilliance of INactive has been noticed, garnering over 30 awards and 60 nominations globally.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Ah, the simplicity and brilliance of a pre-soaked treatment pad—no guesswork, no mess, just the perfect amount every time.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 20 Dec. 2024
Blondie lit up the Billboard Hot 100 with four chart-topping hits that defined their genre-bending brilliance.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024
The brilliance of INactive has been noticed, garnering over 30 awards and 60 nominations globally.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brilliance
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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
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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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Burning magnesium, titanium and aluminum will emit a bright white light, adding brightness to a firework.David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Fresh herbs add an incomparable finishing brightness to a dish and shine in raw applications—like your bread dipping oil.Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
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Thankfully Kroos could do so as a treble winner given Carlo Ancelotti led his men to La Liga and Spanish Super Cup glory while Kroos' compatriots Borussia Dortmund were also overcome in a Wembley UCL final.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Like every game, new characters enter for a chance to win the pot to settle debts, for glory, or just to get rich.Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 26 Dec. 2024
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As Mindy Chen, Park provides both lightness and depth in a series that oscillates between kitsch and charm.Theresa Pichler, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2024
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Balancing the dark with nimble wit and lightness of foot is Jonathan Bailey, while Ethan Slater and Marissa Bode make for a remarkably complex side duo on a compelling journey of their own.Steven Gaydos, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
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Located on the edge of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, this eco-chic hideaway blends rustic elegance with adventure activities such as tracking endangered mountain gorillas or hiking dormant volcanoes.Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
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In the world of dance, the elegance of Alvin Ailey choreographer Judith Jamison, 81, stretched the possibilities of ballet.David Colton, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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That is to say, none of this magnificence was expected of him by society.Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 25 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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In other words, a Barry Jenkins film about nobility, ancestry, and community.Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 20 Dec. 2024
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Orlok’s moldy-looking furs suggest Wallachian nobility, which goes with his Vlad the Impaler mustache.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Brilliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brilliance. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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