brilliance
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David Plotz: Do you get the sense that Lachlan has the ruthless brilliance and the eye for talent that Rupert Murdoch has had?
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026
Okrent highlights the emotional frailties that coexisted with the brilliance and generosity.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
I'm keeping my battered bowler hat under the table in case you grace us with another round of radio brilliance.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
One gets the sense that Miriam’s inner darkness is inseparable from her brilliance, like Georgiana’s birthmark in Hawthorne’s early short story.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Achillini’s brilliance and the transgressive character of his thought were summarized in a popular saying: ‘It is either the devil or Achillini.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.