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For something romantic and thoughtful, consider going the personalized gift route—like a candle with your anniversary date or a print inspired by your love story.
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Christa Joanna Lee, Glamour, 22 July 2025
The building was a synagogue and the room, which had a magnificent candelabra chandelier at its center, had only a few candles lit.
—Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2025
The older boys lit the number 2 candle, turned off the lights, and my little lemon-sunshine girl’s face was bathed in a golden glow that was more than candlelight.
—Caleb Harris, Austin American Statesman, 17 July 2025
The first is known as The Mess, where communal tables beckon thirsty pirates and an anchor studded with candles glows overhead.
—Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 14 July 2025
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Christa Joanna Lee, Glamour, 22 July 2025
The building was a synagogue and the room, which had a magnificent candelabra chandelier at its center, had only a few candles lit.
—Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2025
The older boys lit the number 2 candle, turned off the lights, and my little lemon-sunshine girl’s face was bathed in a golden glow that was more than candlelight.
—Caleb Harris, Austin American Statesman, 17 July 2025
The first is known as The Mess, where communal tables beckon thirsty pirates and an anchor studded with candles glows overhead.
—Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for candle
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Amazon sells water-resistant lanterns that offer up to 200 hours of light on the low setting.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
25 July 2025
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At its heart lies a cauldron-style swimming pool, softly lit by floating lanterns and flanked by royal loungers that invite hours of languid repose.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Remember, a tent offers no protection from lighting.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The Omen Max is available in white and black, and the keyboard features striking four-zone RGB lighting.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
2 Aug. 2025
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The building was a synagogue and the room, which had a magnificent candelabra chandelier at its center, had only a few candles lit.—
Rabbi Moishe Kievman,
Sun Sentinel,
22 July 2025
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Pieces are embellished with images of lyres, candelabras, flowers, white cranes and native plants.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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On a Friday night in February on East Sixth Street, a steely-eyed bar doorman rushed around a crowd agitating on the sidewalk and whipped a flashlight above his shoulder.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Those on moonlight tours should bring a flashlight to carry on board their kayak.—
Hobbs State Park,
Arkansas Online,
28 July 2025
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The Jewish Festival of Lights, observed for eight days and coinciding with Christmas Day this year, includes the lighting of candles on a nine-branched candelabrum called a menorah and eating traditional foods, such as latkes.—
Marianne Mather,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Dec. 2024
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By creating casts of the negative spaces left behind, archaeologists were able to reconstruct the furniture inside the room: a wooden bed, a stool, a chest, a bronze candelabrum and a table that once held bronze, glass and ceramic objects.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Aug. 2024
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on the shores of Lake Michigan features miles of sand beach, lush forests, clear inland lakes, unique flora and fauna, towering bluffs, an island lighthouse, coastal villages, picturesque farmsteads and more.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
30 July 2025
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The state’s oldest lighthouse resides atop a 60-foot bluff overlooking Egans Creek.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 July 2025
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Spooked by passing headlights, Volchek sauntered away, while a stunned Blythe slowly slumped to the pavement, the blade sticking through his suit jacket and looking not easily extractable….—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
30 July 2025
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Our new headlights feature the latest illumination technology yet were born of a desire to address a more traditional and balanced frontal proportion.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Concept images released of the ballroom show the ballroom lined with golden chandeliers and golden chairs, very much in keeping with President Trump's gilded Oval office additions during his second term.—
James Bickerton
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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But the giant on the Potomac with its acres of red carpet, Hall of States and Nations displaying flags of 50 states and over 190 countries, and its Grand Foyer featuring 16 crystal chandeliers and an 8-foot-tall bronze bust of Kennedy, will likely stand for another generation.—
Christine Ledbetter,
Mercury News,
30 July 2025
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“Candle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candle. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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