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
Both of those latter cocktails are pure brightness, while the vanilla from the aged rum and the spice from the bitters in the Old Cuban moves it from poolside to inside as if under a slowly twisting ceiling fan in a smoky room, long narrow beams of light through the wooden shutters.
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 6 June 2026
Exfoliation can be helpful for maintaining skin texture and brightness year-round.
—Julia Landwehr, Health, 5 June 2026
Cunningham achieved my dream hair with the perfect mix of brightness, shine, and pristine blending thanks to her intentional foiling.
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 5 June 2026
Images must be taken at a high cadence, at least every few minutes or so, to spot the telltale tweak to a star’s brightness as it’s microlensed by a relatively small PBH.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 6 June 2026
Exfoliation can be helpful for maintaining skin texture and brightness year-round.
—Julia Landwehr, Health, 5 June 2026
Cunningham achieved my dream hair with the perfect mix of brightness, shine, and pristine blending thanks to her intentional foiling.
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 5 June 2026
Images must be taken at a high cadence, at least every few minutes or so, to spot the telltale tweak to a star’s brightness as it’s microlensed by a relatively small PBH.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brightness
Noun
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The result is an incredible repository of vexations, bafflements, witticisms, and brilliancies.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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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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His unselfishness and understanding of how to fit his skill set around Nikola Jokic’s brilliance remain unmatched.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
8 June 2026
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Sport, in a world of artificial intelligence and synthetics, is also very human, in all its brilliance and fallibility.—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
8 June 2026
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Here, Elliott Gould brings a deft touch to his hang-dog detective Philip Marlowe, moving with a lightness that's hard to pin down but is undeniably comic.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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There is a remarkable lightness to Tuchel, a candour and directness.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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Julia Newman, principal and founder of Julia Adele Design, recommends choosing bulbs around 2700K, which create a softer, more flattering illumination.—
Natasha Bazika,
Martha Stewart,
14 June 2026
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Turtle-friendly bulbs could provide a solution without skimping on illumination.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
9 June 2026
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That shift slightly alters the stars' structure and luminosity, leaving relatively few stars at certain brightness levels.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
4 June 2026
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That suggests the rules governing black hole luminosity haven’t changed in at least 13 billion years.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
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“Brightness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brightness. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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