candlepower
noun
can·dle·pow·er
ˈkan-dᵊl-ˌpau̇(-ə)r 
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In an opera obsessed with darkness and light, lighting designer D.M. Wood can’t be bothered to provide the right candlepower at the right moments.
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Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
Its contentious backstory aside, the setting floats atop Chavez Ravine with nighttime lights glowing like a crown of candlepower above the city.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
The crowd raised thousands of lit matches — a panorama of candlepower — and roared its approval.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
There are 46 names listed, compared with 135 candidates in the 2003 recall; none possess the celebrity candlepower of Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, who succeeded Davis.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
And the Lindbergh beacon revived its revolving multimillion-plus-candlepower beam.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2021
The world was still measured in candlepower, and each bulb had the brightness of sixteen candles.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2019
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Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
Its contentious backstory aside, the setting floats atop Chavez Ravine with nighttime lights glowing like a crown of candlepower above the city.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
The crowd raised thousands of lit matches — a panorama of candlepower — and roared its approval.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
There are 46 names listed, compared with 135 candidates in the 2003 recall; none possess the celebrity candlepower of Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, who succeeded Davis.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
And the Lindbergh beacon revived its revolving multimillion-plus-candlepower beam.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2021
The world was still measured in candlepower, and each bulb had the brightness of sixteen candles.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2019
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candlepower
noun
can·dle·pow·er
ˈkan-dᵊl-ˌpau̇(-ə)r
: intensity of light expressed in candelas
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