as in candle
a glass bulb or tube that produces light when it is supplied with electricity
change a light bulb that has burned out
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Recent Examples of light bulb
The Shiloh lamp is also compatible with dimmable light bulbs for a more customizable glow.
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Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 20 June 2025
The light bulb moment for Fleck was when both her professional and personal experiences showed her what validation can do.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Switching from incandescent to LED light bulbs saves an average household more than $200/year.
—Rob Lewallen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
The 50-foot string has 25 shatterproof globe light bulbs that are spaced 2 feet apart.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 10 June 2025
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Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 20 June 2025
The light bulb moment for Fleck was when both her professional and personal experiences showed her what validation can do.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Switching from incandescent to LED light bulbs saves an average household more than $200/year.
—Rob Lewallen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
The 50-foot string has 25 shatterproof globe light bulbs that are spaced 2 feet apart.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for light bulb
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Stage the candles together on a mantel or entry table, or scatter them throughout your living space to create a colorful yet cohesive soft lighting effect.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 July 2025
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The cake, with more than eighty candles on it, is the table’s centrepiece.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 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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That’s exactly how Carmona scored a black marble table lamp with a fluted shade.—
Kendall Bettle,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 July 2025
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Families can save on dorm-room needs such as desk storage, lamps and laundry bags.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
17 July 2025
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Much of its original charm still remains, from rich carpeted staircases to vintage chandeliers and ornate moldings.—
Kim Kay,
Travel + Leisure,
20 July 2025
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New York The Palace of Versailles’ stables inspired the look of this stunning scarlet space, featuring a barrel-vaulted ceiling with three ornate chandeliers, a 60-foot bar and black-and-white checkerboard flooring.—
Jennifer Kester,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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To make an arc lamp brighter, the bulb itself must become physically larger, including the arc that produces the light.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Feb. 2014
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One reason is that the high-pressure xenon arc lamps used in movie projectors today lose a lot of brightness over time.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Feb. 2014
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Household hazardous waste collection: Volusia County’s Solid Waste Division will collect materials such as old paint, solvents, automobile and household batteries, pool chemicals, pesticides, motor oil, gasoline, other household chemicals, and up to 10 fluorescent lamps.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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This fuzzy star is the Orion Nebula, a vast cloud of hydrogen gas lit up like a fluorescent lamp by young stars gravitationally born inside it.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
2 Feb. 2025
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, part of the Labor Department, wants to rescind a requirement for employers to provide adequate lighting at construction sites, saying the regulation doesn’t substantially reduce a significant risk.—
Cathy Bussewitz,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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Smith, a Suffield resident, claims the court administration has for years ignored state statutes requiring that outdoor lighting located at state facilities to be designed to minimize light pollution, and for nonessential outdoor lighting be turned off from 11 p.m. until 6 a.m. daily.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
22 July 2025
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Also, short detection parameters were not updated from the previous model's incandescent lamps.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
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Carve out a few hours to visit nearby Bellingham to tour the SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention, which displays one of only three remaining incandescent lamps created by Thomas Edison.—
Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
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