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lighting

[lahy-ting] / ˈlaɪ tɪŋ /
NOUN
illumination
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STRONG


NOUN
ignition
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And yet, the film fails to utilize either to its advantage, wasting great talent and a halfway-decent premise on mind-numbing dialogue, repetitive plotting and dour lighting.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

The study, published in Nature, could expand the possibilities for electronics and other applications, including flexible lighting and medical implants.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

So I came home eager to remind everyone that we have something special in California, and that we should all be lighting candles on the cake celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Coastal Act.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

By Golesh’s last season, the fastest team in the country was lighting up scoreboards to the tune of 40 points per game.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

He led them up the path, the torch lighting the way in front of him.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

In recent weeks, the 63-year-old leftist has been dancing on stage at rallies, calmly strolling trade expos and attending Christmas tree lightings hand-in-hand with his wife.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 30, 2025

The organization emailed its millions of followers on Sunday, urging them to redouble their planned menorah lightings.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 14, 2025

But many of their sisters prefer the aggressive viewpoints and radical lightings of what was then called the New Vision, as developed at the Bauhaus and other hot spots of modern style.

From New York Times Jul. 11, 2021

Menorah lightings grew in prominence during the Clinton years.

From Salon Dec. 11, 2020

"Still slipping into the story your lightings up and your exhalations," cried Plutarch, and chaffed him, as one might chaff Kuhn, or Schwartz, or Decharme, about his elemental interpretations.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Andrew Lang




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