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brilliance

[bril-yuhns] / ˈbrɪl yəns /




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Hunter’s play had the added benefit of a magnificently calibrated production by Joe Mantello that provided a perfect showcase for Laurie Metcalf’s astringent brilliance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Thanks to the visionary brilliance of Vanguard founder Jack Bogle and decades of strong returns, indexing is eating more and more of the market each year.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Corvette, a promising and hard-working designer herself who aspires to Christie’s brilliance, is tormented by nightmares of rich people complaining about the generation who “can’t expect everything to be handed to them.”

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Ecuador were up next in the last 16, with Rooney alone up front, and it came down to a trademark free-kick from Beckham to win the match, a moment of individual brilliance.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

While he exhibited flashes of brilliance, this wasn’t the same Bobby Fischer who’d swept through the United States Championship eighteen months earlier.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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