luminous
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Ms. Winger has always been a film actor of luminous transparency; her performance here, by contrast, feels cloaked in artifice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The search led them to an exceptionally luminous galaxy known as JCMT0402−0424, located roughly 11 billion light-years from Earth.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
There will be luminous breakthroughs and mounting dangers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 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
He was a loathsome little creature: he paddled a small boat with his large flat feet, peering with pale luminous eyes and catching blind fish with his long fingers, and eating them raw.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing luminous
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