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
  • Amityville may strike modern viewers raised on Insidious and Conjuring flicks as slightly passé: The pacing is quintessentially ’70s, which is to say deliberate, yet the film works all the better for it, rooting the horror in suspense and touting a visually vintage sheen.
    Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
  • For decades, Starbucks positioned itself as a place to linger, but the company has lost that sheen over the years.
    Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of sheen
Noun
  • For best upkeep, Holohan recommends getting a gloss or a quick base color with your colorist every couple of weeks.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Harris shows us a different perspective by rocking a mocha-colored gloss.
    Celeste Polanco, Essence, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of gloss
Noun
  • All of the teams had time to innovate, polish, and build something that injects fresh air into a storied franchise that many thought was on its deathbed after a rough few years.
    Cade Onder, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Its lead developer, Treyarch, was given three years to develop the game and that extra year of development time really shows not only in the level of polish, but in all the myriad ways the game gets creative with its systems, stories and gameplay.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of polish
Noun
  • To finish, press a touch of an iridescent or sparkling formula onto the center of the lids for that extra hint of luminescence.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
  • But despite a few previous examples, the 1974 tour (and the live album that followed) may have been the most prominent moment when saluting a musician by way of real or artificial luminescence truly, well, came to light.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of luminescence
Noun
  • There’s nothing wrong with a little faux glow in the fall or winter.
    Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Bowen, who played type-A mom Claire Dunphy on the hit sitcom, posted an Instagram photo Thursday evening showing one of her boys silhouetted against the glow of the ER entrance.
    EW.com, EW.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of glow
Noun
  • Later in the Archimedes Palimpsest project, researchers used x-ray fluorescence to bring out iron in the older ink.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Conservators noticed that its two wooden panels had shifted, and ultraviolet fluorescence revealed nicotine stains.
    Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Definition of fluorescence
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shingling

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