brilliant
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New research suggests that Saturn's brilliant rings and its largest moon, Titan, may share a violent past shaped by collisions between moons.
From Science Daily
Richard has enjoyed a brilliant Broadway career, attacked a critic who didn’t like his Lear, and has to retreat to his small hometown of Millersburg, Pa., to try to repair his life.
Charles gazed at his wife’s brilliant spirit; five minutes turned to fifteen and still her figure remained.
From Literature
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“Is she right? Is she wrong? Is she psycho? Is she sane? Is she brilliant? Is she all of those things? Or none of them? You can’t pin her down,” Jonas explains.
From Los Angeles Times
“Well, I thought it was brilliant. I should have paid him more,” I said.
From Literature
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