brilliant
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Sir Gareth praised work to empower girls, saying "there's some brilliant work going on creating better opportunities for women" - and that trying to improve outcomes for boys was not a case of "either or".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Two brilliant — and quite different — economists recently made this point far better than I could.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson directs a documentary about the band and its brilliant if complicated founder, Maurice White.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The extreme heat instantly vaporizes nearby air and materials, creating a brilliant, expanding cloud of gas and plasma.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
A brilliant moon hung high in the sky, a moon that could light my dog’s way home.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Vocabulary lists containing brilliant
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