brilliant
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A quick search through social media tells you that the 85-year-old is "a pioneer", "brilliant" and the "grand dame of autism research".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The characters check off every idea you want them to try in the small space of the car, plus other brilliant brainstorms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
“With no expense spared, this property boasts luxury quality construction, with grand scale and volume throughout, flooded with fresh air and brilliant Southern California sunlight,” the description states.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Having the brilliant Tom Brooke next to me was like walking around with a wooden door that I constantly tried to run up, like that guy in “Singin’ in the Rain.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
A brilliant flash followed a second later by an explosion that shook the bed.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Hung against her poop like a great comb of brilliants, a huge electric sign F-R-A-N-C-E made the French Liner France a vessel unique as she moved through her Mediterranean cruise last' week.
From Time Magazine Archive
The peasants, quivering with avarice, scuttle off to the appointed spot and dig up the treasure: an iron casket crammed with smoldering brilliants.
From Time Magazine Archive
She finally disclosed that she had made it herself out of some old tulle and brilliants she "found around the house" and it "represented absolutely nothing at all."
From Time Magazine Archive
At its head was the Sacred Golden Crown, covered with brilliants, emeralds, rubies and turquoises.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her mouth was a split ruby, her teeth glittered like brilliants.
From Psyche by Louis Couperus
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