brilliant

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Here, across 12 minutes, the orchestra turns a four-note motif into a vivid tone poem—shifting moods and colors, restless movement, and a brilliant closing spotlight for virtuoso clarinetist Jimmy Hamilton.

From The Wall Street Journal

But we should also recognize a brilliant social strategist who understood signaling equilibrium long before economists ever coined the term.

From The Wall Street Journal

She is now ranked 16 in the world but showed signs of her brilliant best in reaching the semi-finals at the US Open last year.

From Barron's

Today editor Owenna Griffiths described Rajan as an "exceptional talent with a rare combination of intellectual dexterity, impressive breadth of interest and a brilliant sense of humour".

From BBC

“And with you securing her daughter here with us, well, that was a brilliant move,” Aunt Kitty said, like we were playing a game of chess and I’d just taken the queen.

From Literature