incandescent
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The fairgrounds were illuminated using incandescent electric lighting at a scale that showed how entire urban districts could be electrified.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
When it comes to Spain, though, Trump appears particularly incandescent.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Mark Joseph Stern: This was one of the most incandescent judicial opinions I think I have ever seen.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026
And there’s a sort of incandescent poetic beauty to all that, and there’s just the sorrow to it because you also realize it’s the last of that moment.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
And in a gloomy place like Daffodil Manor, her brightness seemed even more incandescent.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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