brighten
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Jordan sewed sage green curtains to conceal additional storage spaces and further brighten the space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
There’s no sign that appearances will soon brighten.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
One former senior minister told me Reeves had "spent a lot of time and energy painting a picture of her grim inheritance in the expectation things would brighten up quickly and she could claim credit".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The acid should be present enough to brighten the beans and keep the dish from feeling heavy, but not so assertive that it dominates.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
I watched Bran’s face brighten when I told him the good news about Nikki.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
“It kind of brightens the day a little bit because it’s just so random.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
She brightens into a smile, then tears come.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
A squeeze of lemon sharpens, a handful of dill or parsley brightens, fried shallots or breadcrumbs add texture, a drizzle of oil or aioli brings richness.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026
“With the record high gold prices, stronger sales volume growth brightens its earnings growth outlook,” the analyst says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Her whole face brightens, and she goes on this long rant about all the amazing things she’s learned and seen and done.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
Gillian Jones said she liked it and it "brightened her day".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Her work focused on periods when the galaxy's X-ray output brightened in flares and on how the X-ray signal evolved in the hours afterward.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
The company’s prospects brightened at the end of that year when it completed its first-ever controlled landing of a Falcon 9 rocket, paving the way for reusable rockets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
It will arrive after a fairly quiet year for IPOs that was brightened last week when Cerebras Systems, a Sunnyvale company that makes semiconductors for AI supercomputers, went public.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
When he got to the bottom of the stairs, the hallway brightened.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
She continued thanking celebity hairstylist David Stanwell for brightening up her “cloudy day.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
A street artist known as the "Minion Man" has turned his attention to brightening up his area's dirty and vandalised street cabinets.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Already, the technical picture for stocks is brightening, signaling that the rebound in chip stocks and the broader momentum factor seen this week might continue, Kettern wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
The reason lies in how marine cloud brightening changes local weather.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
“I’m brightening up the place, don’t you think?”
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
