as in to gleam
to shoot forth bursts of light
in typical Las Vegas fashion, the showgirls' sequined costumes spangled gloriously
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Recent Examples of spangle
Barry Scott Zellen,
Hartford Courant,
22 Jan. 2026
Built in 1891, the historic structure fronts a riverside garden area spangled with small hot spring pools and comfy lounge areas.
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Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
8 Aug. 2025
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Verb
But not from Russia or China, as the White House now contends in its effort to sell its vision for Greenland’s future under the star spangled banner.
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Barry Scott Zellen,
Hartford Courant,
22 Jan. 2026
Built in 1891, the historic structure fronts a riverside garden area spangled with small hot spring pools and comfy lounge areas.
—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
Fire-Toolz’s hyperbaric production fills watertight songs with astral space that helps White-Gluz’s guitars and vocals levitate, as disparate fragments of indie-pop melody, My Bloody Valentine spangle, and a few Paul Oakenfold action beats conspire in spectacular fashion.
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Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spangle
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An acre of gleaming stainless steel and people in white lab coats busily believing this.
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Manifest a championship victory with a gleaming chrome trophy manicure.
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Tailor The Experience To Your Audience One strategy is understanding the audience and their preferred user interface—developers do not appreciate wasting tokens or time on frills rather than the substance of their ask.
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Rather than concentrating reserve income with a single issuer, Open USD says partners will be able to mint and redeem tokens at no cost while sharing reserve earnings after a management fee.
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My virtual self was standing below a glittering night sky at the Multiple Mirror Telescope at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Whipple Observatory.
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Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Gold not glittering As for gold, while the yellow metal has traditionally been sought out by kings and paupers throughout history alike, the anaemic gold price has puzzled experts.
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Margot Robbie is just the latest to borrow a bauble from Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry box.
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Nearby Lost Art Jewelry sells handmade baubles by a master goldsmith.
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Adam Lambert sparkles in rhinestones while singing the national anthem before the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies game in New York City on June 26.
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Cloudy, lightly sparkling and only available during harvest, Sturm gives wine lovers a fleeting glimpse of fermentation while celebrating one of Austria’s oldest traditions.
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While the company has changed its product over the years, from produce to ornamentals, he's always grown to serve his local community.
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The plant was a Japanese yew, an ornamental that is toxic and deadly to horses, according to the report.
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These crispy miniature cones are typically filled with chives and creamy crème fraîche, heavily topped with premium Siberian osetra caviar, and finished with shimmering gold leaf.
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Both for the islanders and for us, the summer shimmers with a hallucinatory mixture of languor and emotional speed, as summers do in childhood.
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At the other end is the caricature, butt of flabby jokes, trussed in Las Vegas gaud, voice prostituted to a huge orchestra.
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Even its colors, silver and space gray, seem to have been chosen for their lack of gaud—no blingy gold model here.
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“Spangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spangle. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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