bulb
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Among the answers: a small ink-stained mahogany desk, an antique light bulb, a brown leather flight suit and a baseball jersey.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
On the drive home, Scanlon, 33, had a light bulb moment: “What I love doing is something most people find totally overwhelming and exhausting,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
The researchers also showed that this map in the nose aligns with corresponding maps in the olfactory bulb of the brain.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 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 annual light bulb harvest. We had to go quite far up the road before we had enough. Even so, it took two Christmases.”
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
Vocabulary lists containing bulb
Life Science: Plants
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