How to Use bright spot in a Sentence

bright spot

noun
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  • LinkedIn was an under-the-radar bright spot in the release.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The only bright spot is that day was not [Drea’s] last day.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
  • Put the jar in a bright spot and refresh the water, rinsing out the jar, once a week.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2023
  • Adell, 25, has been a bright spot for the Angels this season.
    — Kyle Glaser, Orange County Register, 11 May 2024
  • Tech stocks were a bright spot for the market on Friday.
    — Jesse Pound,sarah Min, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Lauren Goode: Trying to find the bright spot here, Mike.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Ebitda was also the bright spot in the full-year forecast.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
  • There’s now at least one bright spot in the ongoing FTX saga.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 May 2024
  • However, there is a single bright spot in the form of youth.
    — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • These names could be a bright spot in the broader market after a rough week.
    — Pia Singh, CNBC, 26 July 2024
  • This cool and creamy, no-bake pie will be a bright spot on your Easter table.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Shame, too, because Bam Adebayo has been such a bright spot.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Even so, Spain seemed in recent years to be a bright spot for liberals.
    — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 23 July 2023
  • Yellowstone fans have had a lot to talk about this year, but one bright spot is the network premiere of the 1883 spinoff.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 25 June 2023
  • The Patriots have struggled to build through the draft; Maye was the only bright spot of the selections that were made in 2024.
    — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Although things have been tough, the mom of two shared that her kids have been a bright spot for her amid uncertain times.
    — Hannah Sacks, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • One bright spot: Reggie Wayne had 9 catches for 135 yards.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The last of those was by James Stefan, who completed a hat trick with the goal, as the Winterhawks’ main bright spot.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Through all of the economic woes, Turkey’s stock market has been a rare bright spot.
    — Scott McLean, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Many readers shared that this recipe was a bright spot during the cold-winter weather and long gloomy days.
    — Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2025
  • TikTok did have one bright spot in the Pew survey results: Support for a ban dropped among adults.
    — David Ingram, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • In a season of turmoil thus far, McCain’s emergence had been a bright spot.
    — Tony Jones, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Sometimes that player is the bright spot on a bad team — not a star but someone who performed when no one else would.
    — Shakeia Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • Point guard Nick Honor rose to the occasion, providing a bright spot in a 19-point loss.
    — Jaden Lewis, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Punter Thomas Morstead was a bright spot getting his punts down inside the opponents’ 20-yard line.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Heart disease should be a bright spot in this black hole of medical research.
    — Maggie Fox, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • For his son, a student at Bowling Green, Thomas represents the lone bright spot in years of losing.
    — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Win or lose, the Liberty have become the singular bright spot in the bleak landscape of New York City’s sports teams.
    — Claire Fahy, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The strength of recent German films is a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy forecast for the nation and its domestic movie business.
    — William Earl, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Bottega Veneta was a bright spot, with a 12 percent rise, but the brand is also set for a shift following the departure of creative director Matthieu Blazy.
    — Joelle Diderich, WWD, 11 Feb. 2025

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