brighten
Example Sentences
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Asian manufacturers started the year on a strong note, with factory activity ticking up in major exporters like Japan and South Korea, and business sentiment brightening.
As soon as he got close enough that only his face was reflected, the surface clouded like a sudden storm, turned black, and a directory brightened on the screen.
From Literature
Christmas trees still strung with lights brighten apartments during power cuts.
At 23:29 UT, a particularly intense brightening occurred.
From Science Daily
The price of copper is up 30% in the past year, partly because of a brightening global economic outlook, but also because of rising copper demand from data centers.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
