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brilliant

[bril-yuhnt] / ˈbrɪl yənt /




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Another supporter added: "The pubs are brilliant but I don't think anyone knows that there is a World Cup on."

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

As brilliant as the Wayans brothers can be, they seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of what’s made “Scary Movie” last all these years.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Here enters Apollo Creed, heavyweight champion of the world, a brilliant showman inspired by Muhammad Ali.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“What will really drive our share price going forward is brilliant execution, and anything outside of that is a distraction, frankly,” she adds.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

As the work began, I kept spotting people I knew of from Cambridge—the classics scholar Dilly Knox, the brilliant mathematician Alan Turing.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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