brilliance
Example Sentences
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“Yet here is this singular brilliance, consigned to a small span of years. He places the two side by side in the scales.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
I’d spent my youth defending “The Devil Wears Prada” with my life, trying to convince detractors weaponizing the words “chick flick” about its brilliance since the wise, old age of 12.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
“That tension — between brilliance and controversy, innovation and scrutiny — is precisely what continues to draw audiences back, and what will likely shape both the film’s reception and its broader cultural impact.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
Senior historian at English Heritage, Howard Spencer, described her as "a scientist of exceptional brilliance and determination".
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
There was no question of McKissick’s own brilliance: he had helped design one of the earliest sustained sit-down protests against Jim Crow and helped to guide the most famous of these efforts—the Greensboro lunch-counter protest.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Vocabulary lists containing brilliance
Brown Girl Dreaming
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ance, -ence
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