brilliant
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Two brilliant — and quite different — economists recently made this point far better than I could.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
She’s played everyone from Mary Poppins to the volatile but brilliant wife of the atomic bomb’s inventor, earning an Oscar nod for Oppenheimer in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
"His energy's been infectious; he's a brilliant addition to the squad," McGinn said.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
The extreme heat instantly vaporizes nearby air and materials, creating a brilliant, expanding cloud of gas and plasma.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
As the work began, I kept spotting people I knew of from Cambridge—the classics scholar Dilly Knox, the brilliant mathematician Alan Turing.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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