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sheen

[sheen] / ʃin /


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It comes across like a lower-fi version of such early punk groups as Suicide and Television with a digital sheen that suggests ’80s Tangerine Dream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

With its Miyazaki-inflected aesthetic rooted in hand-stylized humans and a juxtaposition of natural-world splendor with the sheen of artificial enhancements, “Arco” is a sweet yet slight sci-fi vision, an “E.T.” riff with a European sensibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

And they may be losing some of their sheen.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

Ms. McCracken refuses to link process and outcome in fiction, so the whole endeavor retains its mysterious sheen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The two sky lakes were frozen solid, and the trio of glasshouses glittered with a light sheen of ice.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton