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- noun metallurgy Any substance added to an
electrolytic bath to yield abrighter electroplated surface .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Always a day-brightener. katy May 4 these rainbow cupcakes are soooooooooooo cute!
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One option would be to re-clean the dress using a special brightener in the solvent, he said.
After 'I Do,' Can This Wedding Dress Be Saved? Deborah Lynn Blumberg 2011
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This is the perfect instant face brightener for when the sun is low in the sky and we move to shorter days and long winter nights.
Kim Vo: Fall Into Fall And Winter With Sombre Kim Vo 2011
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This is the perfect instant face brightener for when the sun is low in the sky and we move to shorter days and long winter nights.
Kim Vo: Fall Into Fall And Winter With Sombre Kim Vo 2011
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Twenty-four hours prior to this visit, the patient had been using an aluminum brightener which he claimed contained "an acid".
Hydrofluoric Acid 2010
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Terry de Gunzburg is one of the great makeup artists of the past few decades; as makeup director of YSL, she created the legendary Touche Éclat concealer and brightener.
When Beauty's Only Skin-Deep Tina Gaudoin 2011
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I use it as highlighter or bronzer or blush or just as a face brightener!
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The Shizuka Day Spa in New York uses a treatment that incorporates powdered and sanitized Nightingale droppings that contain natural enzymes which act as an exfoliant and a skin brightener.
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We will admit our cocktails of depression/bipolar/mood brightener/mood stabilizer drugs occlude the fact that none work individually, raise insurance rates and create withdrawal symptoms in patients who might have been fine before.
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LAUNDRY• Laundry brightener: Add 1/2 cup of strained lemon juice during the rinse cycle.
Tip of the Day: How to make your own (less-toxic) household cleaners 2009
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