"bright spot" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "bright spots",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "bright spot (plural bright spots)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553",
          "text": "Nevertheless, there are a few bright spots. Both railways have some smartly-timed R.D.C. schedules over the shorter distances.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A good part of something that is otherwise fairly bad or unpleasant."
      ],
      "id": "en-bright_spot-en-noun-NNVVa7~f",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) A good part of something that is otherwise fairly bad or unpleasant."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "silver lining"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bright, spot."
      ],
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        ],
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          "spot",
          "spot#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bright spot"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bright spots",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bright spot (plural bright spots)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553",
          "text": "Nevertheless, there are a few bright spots. Both railways have some smartly-timed R.D.C. schedules over the shorter distances.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A good part of something that is otherwise fairly bad or unpleasant."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) A good part of something that is otherwise fairly bad or unpleasant."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "silver lining"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bright, spot."
      ],
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  ],
  "word": "bright spot"
}