brightest
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It is a well-trodden path: China’s brightest minds come to the U.S., study and graduate there, and stay to found startups, work at big tech companies or continue in academia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“Set Flynn free, and return him to Hollywood as one of its brightest stars,” Giesler argued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
“As for death,” as the author writes in one of his brightest poems, “at the moment I think it strangely overrated.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
"You always want to think the best of your parents and see them in the brightest light," the actress told the New York Times in May.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
I gave a talk at Harvard Law School a few months ago and laid out this idea to a group of some of the country’s brightest young minds.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
