HALOED Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

haloed

verb

past tense of halo

as in beat (down)

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The polished green tourmaline of her Bulgari choker shone like some kind of enchanted talisman.

— Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
But history shone brightest on Ben Ali, who was trained at Rancho Del Paso and won the 12th Run for the Roses in 1886.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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But on the piano, laser-beamed into his songcraft, he’s quietly electrified, at seemingly at peace as his tenorous vocal glissando and nimble fingerwork on the piano produce shiveringly tender folk ballads that echo Harry Nilsson and Van Morrison.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026
The technology has already undergone an earlier test, with power beamed from a moving airborne platform.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of beamed

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As Edie, the sister of one of Brando’s fellow dock workers who is murdered, Saint radiated a palpable chemistry with her costar, the characters’ burgeoning romance undeniable.

— Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
The jet carries 500,000 times the energy radiated by the sun and explains the mystery of how feeding black holes become such powerful cosmic particle accelerators and generate such high-energy gamma-ray photons.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of radiated

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The green is equally luscious in texture, made with chicken thigh and skin, but intensely herbaceous, brightened with parsley, cilantro, poblano and jalapeño.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
In its latest incarnation, designed by the firm S9, the curtain wall has darkened and the electronic billboards brightened, so that the tower resembles a TV mount, more apparatus than architecture.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026

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