flashlight
noun
flash·light
ˈflash-ˌlīt 
1
: a small battery-operated portable electric light
2
a
: a sudden bright artificial light used in taking photographic pictures
b
: a photograph taken by such a light
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Early in 2025, YSmart embarked on a Kickstarter campaign for a versatile micro-flashlight called the Bullet2.
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New Atlas, 28 May 2026
During the storm The storm has arrived, the power is out and your kids are making shadow puppets with the flashlight.
—Michelle Marchante
updated May 27, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
Exempt items include ammo, firearms, bows, arrows, wrist guards, muzzles, silencers, rods and reels of $75 or less, tackle boxes of $30 or less, tents of $200 or less, sleeping bags, hammocks, camping stoves, camp chairs of $50 or less, and lanterns and flashlights $30 or less.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2026
The light fades as divers disappear farther into a cave system, until the greenish hue from their flashlight is all that’s visible, bouncing off walls, picking out creatures humans might never have seen before, and illuminating a world otherwise confined to total darkness.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
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New Atlas, 28 May 2026
During the storm The storm has arrived, the power is out and your kids are making shadow puppets with the flashlight.
—Michelle Marchante
updated May 27, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
Exempt items include ammo, firearms, bows, arrows, wrist guards, muzzles, silencers, rods and reels of $75 or less, tackle boxes of $30 or less, tents of $200 or less, sleeping bags, hammocks, camping stoves, camp chairs of $50 or less, and lanterns and flashlights $30 or less.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2026
The light fades as divers disappear farther into a cave system, until the greenish hue from their flashlight is all that’s visible, bouncing off walls, picking out creatures humans might never have seen before, and illuminating a world otherwise confined to total darkness.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
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“Flashlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flashlight. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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flashlight
noun
flash·light
ˈflash-ˌlīt
: a small battery-operated portable electric light
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