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radiant

[rey-dee-uhnt] / ˈreɪ di ənt /




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On the crowdfunding site GoFundMe, Garibay described her daughter as an amazing soul with “a radiant heart.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

If L7 was a statement, Finch was its punctuation, her crayon-bright hair complementing a radiant humanity.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

Ceuzany's voice ranges from crystalline highs to deep lows, as she performs everything from jazz to slam, commanding the stage with wavy blonde hair and earrings framing her radiant face.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

It measures not just the air temperature but takes into account humidity, radiant heat from the sun and the court surface temperature.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Persephone was the radiant maiden of the spring and the summertime, whose light step upon the dry, brown hillside was enough to make it fresh and blooming, as Sappho writes,

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Yet, since a few detonating meteors have been found to proceed from ascertained radiants of shooting-stars, it is difficult to suppose that any generic difference separates them.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

These are described as "meteors with stationary radiants," since for months together they seem to come from the same fixed points in the sky.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

Unlike the other well-known showers, the radiants of which are stationary, that of the Perseids shifts each night a little in an easterly direction.

From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Dolmage, Cecil Goodrich Julius

The radiants carried them away, and I saw them no more.

From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George

Observe that the principal radiants are situated upon the boundary of the dark regions or at the oases.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John




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