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
The team estimated its brightness at about 6,700 times that of the Sun, characteristic of an intermediate-to-high-mass star.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Simply touch anywhere on the stand’s chrome arm to turn the nightlight that surrounds the base on or off, and to control the nightlight’s brightness.
—Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Nearly 3,000 Amazon shoppers gave the candle trio a five-star rating for their adjustable brightness, realistic flickering features, and neutral colors.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
But this year’s Series 11 likely won’t be a dramatic update, with Apple retaining the same look, including a new screen that ups the maximum brightness and shuffling its color (the Jet Black Series 10, for instance, has had chipping issues) and band offerings.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Simply touch anywhere on the stand’s chrome arm to turn the nightlight that surrounds the base on or off, and to control the nightlight’s brightness.
—Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Nearly 3,000 Amazon shoppers gave the candle trio a five-star rating for their adjustable brightness, realistic flickering features, and neutral colors.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
But this year’s Series 11 likely won’t be a dramatic update, with Apple retaining the same look, including a new screen that ups the maximum brightness and shuffling its color (the Jet Black Series 10, for instance, has had chipping issues) and band offerings.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brightness
Noun
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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
Noun
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Young has shown true flashes of brilliance.—
Mike Kaye
September 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Eternal Aura reflects the brilliance of Black creativity that cannot be dimmed, evolving through every drape, print, and body, a glow that endures across generations.—
Karissa Mitchell,
Essence,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The unique construction of the YH-C3000 strikes a balance between lightness, rigidity and internal damping.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Olga Tokarczuk also has this lightness to her.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Another shopper mentioned using one as a magnetic flashlight during car repairs, snapping to metal on the car’s chassis for hands-free illumination right where it’s needed.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Sep. 2025
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Brief, startling moments of illumination are everywhere in its stories; so are all kinds of optical illusions and distortions.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
5 Sep. 2025
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The new star shines because its surface is hot, but the energy fueling that luminosity percolates up from its core.—
Luke Keller,
Space.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Above the fog line, more hours of sun and brilliant luminosity bring distinctive structure to the Pinot Noir and a voluminous, fleshy texture to the Chardonnay.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Brightness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brightness. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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