brilliant
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Also Rhea Seehorn for her brilliant performance in ‘Pluribus.’
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
A victim impact statement was also read out on behalf of Sadio's father, who said that his daughter was "a brilliant mother, a leader and incredibly intelligent" but added that their lives "had crumbled".
From BBC • May 20, 2026
But Mary is different from the superpowered variety of the trope, or the brilliant outcasts in teen movies like “Mean Girls,” “Sixteen Candles,” “The Edge of Seventeen” or “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.”
From Salon • May 20, 2026
Millions of readers bought Hawking’s 1988 book, “A Brief History of Time,” eager to learn from the brilliant physicist, who had first gained prominence studying singularities and black holes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
For the first time, she got patents on all her brilliant work, and turned around and shared her expertise with others.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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