brightening agent

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noun

a compound applied to a textile to increase its brightness by the conversion of ultraviolet radiation to visible (blue) light, used in detergents

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Words nearby brightening agent

bright and early, bright-blindness, bright coal, brighten, brightener, brightening agent, bright-eyed, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, bright-field, bright idea, bright lights

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How to use brightening agent in a sentence

Before anti-vaxxers, there were anti-fluoriders: a group who spread fear about the anti-tooth decay agent added to drinking water.
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My agent at the time sent that tape to SNL and then they asked me to come in for an audition.
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I could complain about how, two out of eight episodes in, Agent Carter is in no hurry to introduce its real villain.
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Lalo said he reported the kidnapping to his ICE handlers, which was confirmed by a former federal agent familiar with the case.
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You would drink it, then “take a little nap and after that you feel wonderful,” according to a press agent.
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That the inconstancy of such notices, in cases equally important, proves they did not proceed from any such agent.
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The board will appoint a settling agent who shall keep the necessary records and accounts.
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It is probable he wished to provide written proof of a plea that he was an unwilling agent in the clutch of a mutinous army.
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When the carpet was done, Aunt Ri took the roll in her own independent arms, and strode with it to the Agent's house.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Yes, the Agent had heard this; he had wondered why the widow did not come to see him; he had expected to hear from her.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson