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luminary

[loo-muh-ner-ee] / ˈlu məˌnɛr i /


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Salles, presented with the Luminary Award for innovative filmmaking, last year gave Brazil its first Academy Award for international film with his moving family drama “I’m Still Here.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025

I’m in the “Black Adam” movie and I’m gonna tour after the release of this special podcast — I made a deal with Luminary, who I am recording with currently.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2022

That said, I assume there’s a reason album exclusives have fallen out of favor, and my guess is Luminary is next to find out why.

From The Verge • Apr. 12, 2022

Or maybe this is just a one-time experiment; I’m not aware of all that many other Luminary podcasters who are also acclaimed for their music and would be as much of a natural fit.

From The Verge • Apr. 12, 2022

So that if the Clothes-Volume itself was too like a 59Chaos, we have now instead of the solar Luminary that should still it, the airy Limbo which by intermixture will farther volatilise and discompose it!

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas




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