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light show

noun

: a kaleidoscopic display of colored lights, slides, and film loops

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This is the 19th year of the light show, and the beautiful display of festive lights on businesses on Main Street has become a tradition for so many families. Heath Kalb, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025 For the 19th year, Mastercard sponsored the holiday windows and light show. Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025 Jingle Bell Way in DC Universe features a dancing light show choreographed to holiday music where visitors walk through 30-foot-tall, larger-than-life ornaments. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Nov. 2025 As the second largest and most accessible International Dark Sky Preserve in the world, Jasper’s galactic light show has few comparisons. Crai S Bower, Outside, 24 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for light show

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of light show was in 1966

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“Light show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light%20show. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.

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