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radiant

[rey-dee-uhnt] / ˈreɪ di ənt /




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In the film, a laconic Kevin Costner is charged with protecting the life of a singer—Whitney Houston, so radiant that she eventually turns his stoicism into Jell-O.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

Another important factor was what was called radiant heat, he said.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

If L7 was a statement, Finch was its punctuation, her crayon-bright hair complementing a radiant humanity.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

This time, the smiles, the hugs, the radiant joy filling Atlanta Stadium could have powered the entire state of Georgia.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Durham! and as if by magic, everything springs into new life, the veins and arteries of business throw off their stagnation and the bright sun of prosperity sends its radiant beams out upon the world...

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

These are described as "meteors with stationary radiants," since for months together they seem to come from the same fixed points in the sky.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke

Observe that the principal radiants are situated upon the boundary of the dark regions or at the oases.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly

He gave a bound, remaining fastened to the ground by one of his radiants, and raised the others like a bundle of reptiles.

From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan

Unlike the other well-known showers, the radiants of which are stationary, that of the Perseids shifts each night a little in an easterly direction.

From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Cecil Goodrich Julius Dolmage

These nodal points will not, however, afford a general explanation of the many-branched radiants.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly




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