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brilliance

[bril-yuhns] / ˈbrɪl jəns /




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"I conditioned myself so strong that I said: 'There's going to be moments of brilliance and moments where you want to tear your hair out'," Wolff says.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

It wasn’t Bottura’s technical brilliance that changed me.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

Wilson is right that Nolan’s movie lacks Odysseus’ egomaniacal brilliance.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

At its peak, it temporarily radiated with the brilliance of about 10 billion suns.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

He had no binoculars, but there was a tiny moving dot, black against the blazing brilliance of the crystalline ground.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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