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brighter

  • comparative
    of bright.
    bright
    adjective
    radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining.
  • a word form of bright.
    bright
    adjective
    radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining.

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Elements drawn from these poems have fed Wagner’s operas and Marvel movies, but the originals are brighter and at times unsettlingly alien.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

"Carla. The sweetest, most sparkly gal. You made every day better and brighter with your infectious positivity," Kinney wrote.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

The spotlight is likely to get brighter with Netflix’s “East of Eden,” the latest adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Xi said Russia-Chinese ties had become "more solid" and that their "prospects will be even brighter", while Putin said cooperation was "successfully developing on all fronts".

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Every day, the carpet of leaves on the forest floor has grown thicker and brighter, and today I actually slip on them and go sliding down the slope.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish