brilliant
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"Shows can be brilliant and not necessarily find that audience, particularly comedy," he added.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
"By the time we got down to the club everyone knew and was shaking his hand. It was a brilliant time for everyone."
From BBC • May 15, 2026
In hungry America investors would back people with no name but a brilliant idea.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The president said in a social media post that he would ask China’s Xi Jinping to “‘open up’ China so that these brilliant people can work their magic.”
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
The screen faded to a brilliant blue and my bike-a-thon flyer appeared.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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