as in minute
a very small space of time
in just a twinkle, the shooting star was gone
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as in to gleam
to shoot forth bursts of light
stars twinkling on a crisp September night
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Recent Examples of twinkle
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
Lucie Brown The twinkle in her eye and upbeat personality are what make 17-year-old Lucie stand out.
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Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
14 June 2026
With their tiny, twinkling lights, fireflies are icons of a Georgia summer night.
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Charles Seabrook,
AJC.com,
6 June 2026
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Noun
Younger fans may see him as Blair Waldorf’s step-dad, while the freshmen film nerds (c’est moi) first saw the twinkle during that famous dinner with André.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
Lucie Brown The twinkle in her eye and upbeat personality are what make 17-year-old Lucie stand out.
—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
Verb
Osborn says to start right around sunset, so guests arrive during the golden hour and can naturally settle in as the light fades and the stars begin to twinkle.
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Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
14 June 2026
With their tiny, twinkling lights, fireflies are icons of a Georgia summer night.
—
Charles Seabrook,
AJC.com,
6 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twinkle
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And when Cape Verde’s Deroy Duarte evened the score with a right footed shot from a difficult angle at the 59-minute mark, the stunned stadium went silent, minus two small spirited clots of Cape Verde fans in the East end zone seats.
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Niehues fired home the rebound for the opening goal in the 36th minute.
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But after the video assistant referee urged him to watch a replay, Claus walked away from the monitor and flashed the red card.
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The partnership covers low-power DRAM (LPDRAM), NOR flash memory, and Universal Flash Storage (UFS) NAND products.
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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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Symptoms can include shortness of breath, fatigue and weakness, and a rapid or irregular heartbeat.
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The report listed the probable cause of death as an abnormal heartbeat tied to an underlying condition, systemic sarcoidosis.
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Her heart hammered away, her eyes flickered, and her voice grew tiny and plaintive.
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Vermeer’s pictures are often observed to harbor spiritual meanings as well as material ones, flickering back and forth between the two.
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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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First-round pick Cameron Carr only played in the first half Monday, finishing with five points, one rebound, one assist, one steal, one block and three fouls in 12 minutes and 49 seconds.
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Within seconds of arriving, we were checked in, and our luggage was tagged and whisked away, giving us ample time to use the bathroom and enjoy a cup of coffee in the lounge.
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After spending some time by the pool, a semi-Olympic lined with emerald and malachite mosaics that glinted in the soft, ambient light, followed by a quick trip to the sauna, I was escorted to my treatment room, about a half-flight of stairs up, where I was met by Marcia, my therapist.
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In their gowns and bowties, guests giddily slurp mounds of glinting caviar off the back of their hand.
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“Twinkle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twinkle. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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