brilliant
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For more than 500 years, Leonardo da Vinci has been admired as a brilliant artist, inventor, and thinker whose talents seemed far ahead of his time.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
“He’s just a brilliant guy. It doesn’t surprise me that that’s somebody that Monty would have trusted and respected to be kind of the final voice on these kinds of things.”
From Salon • May 3, 2026
And long before Elon Musk put his brilliant, unnerving innovator’s creed to work, a different industry pioneer dragged the world’s entire manufacturing sector into the era of mass production, creating shock waves again and again.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
“Janice was brilliant about letting us adapt it the right way,” Quintrell says.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
A brilliant flash followed a second later by an explosion that shook the bed.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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