as in gleam
brightness created by light reflected from a surface
polished the metal until it had an even sheen
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as in to shimmer
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Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2024
But even past areas and characters look great in the graphics update, which manages to still embrace that trademark stylized FFXIV aesthetic, while adding a new high-quality sheen to everything.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024
Christopher Weber, ajc, 8 Oct. 2021
But old pennies have a nice copper sheen all the way through.
—Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 18 Jan. 2021
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Noun
But for food marketers, yogurt’s virtues are especially valuable in giving a nutritious sheen to products that may lack it.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2024
But even past areas and characters look great in the graphics update, which manages to still embrace that trademark stylized FFXIV aesthetic, while adding a new high-quality sheen to everything.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024
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Boaters off Orange County and residents of Newport Beach started reporting a petroleum smell in the air and oily sheen on the water Friday afternoon, Oct. 1.
—Christopher Weber, ajc, 8 Oct. 2021
But old pennies have a nice copper sheen all the way through.
—Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 18 Jan. 2021
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“Sheen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheen. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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