bulb
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Another series, “City Island: USA!,” is a special of six shorts, following Watt, a light bulb, and his best friend, Windy, a kite.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
By extending the productive hours of the factory floor and the laboratory, the bulb accelerated the pace of the Industrial Revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The olfactory bulb, located in the forebrain, processes signals from scent receptors in the nose.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026
Blog comment sections were notoriously dynamic, full of debate and discussion and lots of light bulb moments for writers and readers alike.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
Past the SS guards standing sentry, Papa and I walked through the scrolling iron gates, stopping at every place where a bulb pushed its new leaves through the warming ground.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
Vocabulary lists containing bulb
Life Science: Plants
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