luminescence
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The determination to find greatness in the ordinary gives “Song Sung Blue” a magical, unforced luminescence that much more immodest films usually lack.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
Their luminescence highlights the crowd while also creating a more intimate, reflective atmosphere.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025
Using advanced dating techniques including U-series dating on human fossils, and radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence dating on fossil-bearing sediments, the study revealed new ages ranging from approximately 33,000 to 23,000 years ago.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2024
The scientists used a technique called luminescence dating to work out the age of the star dune.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024
Our pink nights glowed with the raw luminescence of the night shift, of factories running around the clock.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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