incandescence
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Monroe is a star performer, overshadowing similar montages Avedon made of Claudia Schiffer and Cindy Crawford, who lacked their predecessor’s halogen incandescence.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
These fragments themselves pancaked, creating a series of brief but powerful flashes of light as they heated to incandescence.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 15, 2023
“Spots of incandescence may remain near the vent, along channels, and at the flow front for days or weeks as the lava flows cool,” the observatory’s activity summary said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
Only half-listening to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s tale of sin and repentance, she saw a pillar of light slice down, as if piercing through the ceiling, and felt as if she melted into the incandescence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2022
Star upon star, red, blue, yellow, and white, swirling nebulae, galaxy upon galaxy: the universe, in its incandescence and darkness.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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