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brighten

[brahyt-n] / ˈbraɪt n /




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The outlook came as the company said it swung to a profit in what CEO Lourenco Goncalves called its strongest quarterly results in three years, with domestic trade policy helping brighten its prospects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Jordan sewed sage green curtains to conceal additional storage spaces and further brighten the space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

There’s no sign that appearances will soon brighten.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

The olive brine acts almost like a finishing seasoning, bringing acidity and salinity that brighten the entire dish.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Whenever he wanted to convince us of something, they would brighten.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

“It kind of brightens the day a little bit because it’s just so random.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

The picture brightens for small U.S. stocks, which have an expected real return of 4.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025

Each fall, the Taurid meteor shower brightens the night sky from late October through early November.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2025

The sight of school-leavers, known here as russe, walking around in colourful overalls is something of a coming-of-age tradition that brightens up the weeks before Norway's national day on 17 May.

From BBC ● May 30, 2025

Her face brightens, and she says, "But I'm glad you're all right— everything is okay, right?"

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

When it was time for an elder gent to step to the podium, the judge brightened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Her work focused on periods when the galaxy's X-ray output brightened in flares and on how the X-ray signal evolved in the hours afterward.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026

"She was always cheerful, positive and kind, with a smile on her face and a warmth that brightened the day of those around her," he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

The company’s prospects brightened at the end of that year when it completed its first-ever controlled landing of a Falcon 9 rocket, paving the way for reusable rockets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Of late I have had cause for tears, God knows! but the relief of them was denied me; and now the sight of those sweet eyes, brightened with recent tears, went straight to my heart.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

After the analysis, she was able to pick from care packages, each with a different purpose, such as slowing aging, hydrating the skin, clarifying it or brightening it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

A street artist known as the "Minion Man" has turned his attention to brightening up his area's dirty and vandalised street cabinets.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Already, the technical picture for stocks is brightening, signaling that the rebound in chip stocks and the broader momentum factor seen this week might continue, Kettern wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Even so, Stevenson emphasized that the findings should not be interpreted as a blanket rejection of marine cloud brightening.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026

He walked to a nearby dark shadow that was cast from the brightening horizon.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young


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