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as in hint
a very small amount
a glimmer of hope that there will be snow on Christmas
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as in flicker
an almost imperceptible sign of something
most of the students showed not even a glimmer of interest in what I had to say
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as in to gleam
to shoot forth bursts of light
the waters of the rippling brook glimmered in the sun
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Recent Examples of glimmer
Alia Malek, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Hughes scored late in the second period, which provided a glimmer of hope.
—Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Valerie Mesa, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, with Venus in Scorpio, glimmering through your expansive ninth house of education, opportunity and self-discovery, you’re driven and inspired by adventure and mystical pursuits, both financially and regarding love and romance.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Now, after years in which the situation in Syria seemed to have become stagnant, the fall of the regime, for Syrians displaced in Turkey, offered a glimmer of hope amid a precarious existence marked by everyday humiliation and occasional violence in the country of their refuge.
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Also, be sure to gather with your best pals on New Year’s Eve, especially with the Capricorn moon glimmering through your 11th house of community and friendship.
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The result is a nut butter with roasty toasty complexity and the slightest hint of natural sweetness.—
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Her makeup included bold brows, a smokey eye and a hint of a glossy lip.—
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While some of the flares are mere faint flickers lasting just seconds, every day, Sgr A* spews out much brighter and more energetic flares.—
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As the tension goes higher in the room, the flicker frequency goes up [which triggers] something very subconscious.—
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There are two slick but subtle colors, Meteor Ash which is a deep, dark grey and Pearl Black which has a darker, quietly gleaming feel to it.—
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The towering pillars and crossbars of the Golden Lotus Temple were hosed down by the Asads and are once again gleaming white.—
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Think one-for-one emulation with a sprinkling of current-day additions.—
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This time, the official club statement came with a sprinkling of statistics.—
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Cabello completed her look with a shimmering smokey eye and accessorized with a diamond tennis bracelet and diamond statement rings.—
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Take the Yayoi Kusama Mirror Infinity Box, standing chest height inside the entrance hall, its matchbox-sized peep-holes two windows onto a tiny, shimmering galaxy of reflection.—
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Trump is a reverse Trojan Horse: a shred of reason inside a thick armor of malignancy.—
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Every one of his releases is part of a master plan: to develop tools that lay waste to every last hoary shred of club convention.—
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Meanwhile, equity futures are laughing at us, flashing green on Sunday night.—
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This neon green swimsuit is the epitome of all of these elements, with a playful cutout across the torso and a high-cut waist to flash some skin.—
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And despite seeing a huge chunk of their local television revenue disappear, the Diamondbacks made a massive, unexpected splash with a contract that narrowly surpasses Zack Greinke’s six-year, $206.5 million deal from 2016 as the largest in team history.—
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On one hand, nobody in the division has made any big offseason splashes.—
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“Glimmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glimmer. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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