luminous
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At its center is an active galactic nucleus, or AGN, where a supermassive black hole is actively consuming material and generating a luminous accretion disk.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
There are K-Pop Demon Hunters-themed skincare packs for a "glow-boosting routine" for "skin that looks luminous".
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
While Patchett has clearly drawn on actual events and individuals to produce this luminous work, she exhibits the expert novelist’s knack for following a plot where the imagination takes it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
A luminous, red rectangular abstract by Mark Rothko sold for $85.8 million on Thursday, a solid kickoff to what’s poised to be ebullient spring auctions in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
The late-afternoon sunlight leaped lightly from leaf to leaf, slid along branches and down trunks, and dropped finally to the ground in warm, luminous patches.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
Vocabulary lists containing luminous
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