as in shimmering
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as in gleaming
to shoot forth bursts of light
the queen's crown glittered under the glare of the TV lights
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Recent Examples of glittering
Justin Ray, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Outside of the emotional rollercoaster of Keisha and Justin’s romance, the series offers generous and glittering depictions of family, friendship and young adulthood.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 May 2025
Leave it to Cartier to make the night’s most glittering party feel like an intimate encore.
—Ian Malone, Vogue, 6 May 2025
Photo: Google Maps Another theory: The glittering Emmys hardly distract from $6.495 million’s worth of truly great bones.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 2 May 2025
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DeChambeau’s most glittering past statistics at Quail Hollow come on the greens.
—Justin Ray, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Outside of the emotional rollercoaster of Keisha and Justin’s romance, the series offers generous and glittering depictions of family, friendship and young adulthood.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 May 2025
Leave it to Cartier to make the night’s most glittering party feel like an intimate encore.
—Ian Malone, Vogue, 6 May 2025
Photo: Google Maps Another theory: The glittering Emmys hardly distract from $6.495 million’s worth of truly great bones.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glittering
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In 2000, the beauty giant debuted its selection of perfectly shimmery lip products, which to this day deliver a blinding glow, a (literally) yummy formula and hydration that lasts up to four hours.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Image Image In a blinding flash, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the Enola Gay killed at least 70,000 people.—
William J. Broad,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Taipei, home to 2.6 million people, is one of the most scintillating metropoles in Asia.—
Livia Hengel,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Against elites, his Dangerous Fenwick is just over 50 percent, but his goal share (11-1) is a scintillating 91 percent.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Glaser, from a very glancing stylistic consideration, looks like a multicam by comparison.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Aug. 2024
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Even so, Joonam is too scattershot and distanced from culture and politics to resonate with the news — potentially the film’s greatest draw — in more than a glancing way.—
Caryn James,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2023
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Despite a glaring need at cornerback, the Dolphins were not among the half dozen teams that reached out to former Pro Bowl cornerback Jaire Alexander after he was released by the Green Bay Packers on Monday, according to a league source.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2025
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Errors only account for the most glaring defensive mistakes and less obvious miscues like missing the cutoff man or throwing to the wrong base don’t show up in the box score but can be just as impactful within a game.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2025
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“Glittering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glittering. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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