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A smile might brighten your mood, but new research suggests that forcing yourself to smile over and over can have the opposite effect.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

A column of smoke rises to the east, over the center of Kyiv, where the sky is beginning to brighten.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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

I watched Bran’s face brighten when I told him the good news about Nikki.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

A squeeze of lemon sharpens, a handful of dill or parsley brightens, fried shallots or breadcrumbs add texture, a drizzle of oil or aioli brings richness.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 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 man in the grey suit’s smile brightens considerably.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

And some economists question whether growth prospects have fundamentally brightened, especially outside the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Gillian Jones said she liked it and it "brightened her day".

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

A December day in Stalingrad in 1942: “The dark clouds shed their burden, then brightened and climbed higher into the sky. The fog froze, settling as a thick white powder on army telegraph cables.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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

You took the bead from him, and your face brightened slowly, like the sun peeking out from behind rain clouds.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

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

The reason lies in how marine cloud brightening changes local weather.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026

The moon began to fade as the brightening sky revealed itself through it.

From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin