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shine

Definition for shine

noun as in brightness; polish

verb as in give off or reflect light

verb as in polish, burnish

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But as the light of a new day shone into the reactor buildings, they saw an entirely different picture.

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In the early 1990s, just a pair of Wall Street analysts devoted their careers to understanding the effects of extending credit into places where that sun didn’t often shine.

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The $1.7 billion DOE loan program, which was announced in May 2024, had initially sent Plug’s stock soaring, but the shine quickly wore off given the capital constraints of building out its own hydrogen network.

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Fellow academy co-founder Naomi Lawson said the organisation was aiming to "ensure that young people from diverse ethnic communities have the chance to shine in the sport".

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Lucifer - which means "light bringer" in Latin - is also a reference to shining light on the need for better conservation of native bee species and greater understanding of how endangered plants are pollinated, she said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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