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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

While trends should begin to brighten in China–where tighter rules on boozing among public officials have hit cognac sales–the outlook in the U.S. market remains worrying for the group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

In a tribute the extended family of five-year-old Nala said "her smile could brighten the darkest day"

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Fadi added the flash to brighten his subjects’ faces.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

“It kind of brightens the day a little bit because it’s just so random.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

There’s a whisper of lemon or lime that brightens without shouting, and sugar that amplifies sweetness rather than dominating it, leaving the peach as the undeniable star.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025

The picture brightens for small U.S. stocks, which have an expected real return of 4.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025

Each fall, the Taurid meteor shower brightens the night sky from late October through early November.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2025

The fire in my mother’s eyes brightens and she reaches out as if some current is tearing us apart.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

Gillian Jones said she liked it and it "brightened her day".

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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

Confidence among German investors brightened unexpectedly this month on hopes for a prompt end to the Iran war, though it still remains deep in negative territory as firms navigate higher energy prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

The outlook for managed-care players brightened significantly at the start of April.

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

Nnaemeka’s father was small and albino, copper-colored, his eyes a grayish-hazel that brightened as soon as Richard spoke Igbo.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

Marine cloud brightening concentrates particles close to Earth's surface in one specific region.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026

But from where we sat, it was as if we were inside a sun going up at night, the suspended bands of light brightening and intensifying our yellow abode.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

Late in the night, with the summer twilight still brightening the sky, Dr. Macklin was called to Shackleton's cabin.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong