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In 1965, a night-light salesman from Providence, Rhode Island, named Herbert Goldberger was flying on American Airlines with a layover in New York.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025 Illumination also looks nice in daylight hours, which is often the harder piece of the night-light puzzle to figure out.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
18 Sep. 2025 When its business end faces down, the projector can serve as a night-light with adjustable brightness, warm and cool modes, and tweakable colors to set the mood or just provide a subtle glow for meditation and relaxation.—
Paul Ridden
june 27,
New Atlas,
27 June 2025 The differences between a night-light for an adult and a nursery night-light for a child mostly come down to the style of the night-light.—
Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025 The exhaust fan also features an adjustable light and a night-light to brighten your bathroom.—
Molly Blanco,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 May 2025 Illuminated by a programmable multicolor LED, a miniature disco ball is magnetically levitated to create a kaleidoscopic night-light.—IEEE Spectrum,
30 July 2014