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shiny

adjective as in bright, glistening

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In 1997, the comedy “In & Out” did its shiny, star-studded best to mainstream the story of a closeted gay man in a rock-ribbed American community embracing his truth.

And to reduce England's return on investment to the number of shiny pots in the cabinet also seems short-sighted.

From BBC

Douglas Alexander has a shiny new job in the Scotland Office.

From BBC

At H Mart, tropical fruits lined the produce aisles like shiny, bespoke jewels.

From Salon

Astana is an unusual place, a shiny – somewhat soulless – concrete metropolis purpose built in 1997 as the new capital city of the country.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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