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
Since March 2023, the Blaze Star has displayed a pre-eruption dip in brightness, typically a sign that an outburst is imminent, according to the American Association of Variable Star Observers.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2025
Cold water is a better option if there is a concern about shrinking or color brightness.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
The study authors believe the early galaxies may have formed more stars, and stars on a more massive scale, than expected, which would also affect the brightness of the galaxy overall.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
The 9a’s panel can also reach 2,700 nits of brightness outdoors, compared with a 2,000-nit limit on the 8a.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for brightness
Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2025
Cold water is a better option if there is a concern about shrinking or color brightness.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
The study authors believe the early galaxies may have formed more stars, and stars on a more massive scale, than expected, which would also affect the brightness of the galaxy overall.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
The 9a’s panel can also reach 2,700 nits of brightness outdoors, compared with a 2,000-nit limit on the 8a.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brightness
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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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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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This robust local structure not only nurtures individual brilliance but also reinforces team unity and tactical awareness on the international stage.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The prevailing impression — reinforced by the disastrous display against Argentina this week — was of a team adrift, occasionally bailed out by individual brilliance but fundamentally nowhere near the level required.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Some meet the characteristics frequently associated with Irish whiskey—lightness, smoothness, a fruity profile—and others are more expressive, and even a little smokey.—
Erik Ofgang,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Sitting out on her sunny pool deck in an oversized sweater, frayed jeans and slippers with minimal makeup, Moore exudes lightness and positivity.—
Mara Reinstein,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Feb. 2025
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The fourth full moon of 2025 will reach peak illumination at 5.22 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, in California, according to Time and Date.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The value of an evaluation like this comes in its illumination of practices and models that can work elsewhere, whether that be in other states or at other levels of office.—
Kelly Dittmar,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The next rung of the ladder involves finding distant Cepheids and comparing their intrinsic luminosity (obtained using their periodicity) to their observed luminosity to estimate distances to their host galaxies.—
Anil Ananthaswamy,
Scientific American,
1 Apr. 2025
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The observations also contain a small sample of quasars, the bright hearts of active galaxies powered by feeding supermassive black holes, which, because of their incredible luminosity, can be seen even further away.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Brightness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brightness. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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