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  • noun Plural form of brilliant.

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Examples

  • If bred as a divine, he would have held his place among the "brilliants" of the time, and been as original, erratic, or _outré_ as any.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Various

  • Sheridan was considered a genius, but it was found that the "brilliants" and

    Pushing to the Front Orison Swett Marden 1887

  • Coleridge have made precious to soul and sense, are herein brought together; and more than this -- the many isolated single notes, whose lingering harmony embalms their author's name, with the numerous fugitive "brilliants," heretofore of unknown parentage, cut from newspapers for the last half century -- the deep, soulfull utterances of heroes and mourners, lovers and exiles, devotees of nature and worshippers of art -- are here elegantly garnered and chronicled. '

    The Roman Question Edmond About 1856

  • Paris de Cartier Ring - White gold ring with "brilliants", which they say "dresses the finger in a sensual golden spiral of zest and modernity."

    Bessed - The Best of Everything 2009

  • Log in to Reply teezy weezy (UID#3727) on November 25th, 2009 at 3: 38 am brilliants

    Nuclear powered aircrafts | My[confined]Space 2009

  • I was thinking like maybe the company ` s that did the hiring and saving of the jobs would maybe just maybe like get new and more contacts from other places. but guessing that went you dont have all the answers like your self. you try to daze-ale them with brilliants while baffling them with bull. which kinda sounds like you.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: February 18, 2010 2010

  • "And this -" She pulled out a slender gold band, with a ruby surrounded by brilliants.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • Again though, it's all in the hands of the writers. washurfilthyvag layer cake is my favorite movies. i likes it alots. its very good actors. i loves cinematographies of the movies of layer cake. its is very brilliants. sma

    Which “Big Director” Was Interested In Directing Mark Millar’s Superman? | /Film 2009

  • With every species of gesture, by which hands, eyes, and even feet, could express rejection, as well as in her own broken French, she repelled the reimbursement, while she entreated that Gray would consider the money as his own property; and at the same time forced upon him a ring set with brilliants, which seemed of considerable value.

    The Surgeon's Daughter 2008

  • But then, one would not set such a precious jewel in lead or popper, but in pure gold; ay, and add a circlet of brilliants to set it off with.

    The Surgeon's Daughter 2008

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