brilliant
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Edmund is said to be brilliant but we mostly get evidence of his pretensions and “annoying air of lazy authority.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
"I think she's more than ready to go, nursery has been brilliant at prepping her."
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
The artists’ achievements in color and composition are on brilliant display in exhibitions at two New York galleries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
He managed that with some brilliant scrambling and play around the greens.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
The sky is a brilliant and sharp winter blue as Meadowlark and I finish cleaning out and replacing the bedding in the last chicken coop.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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