lights-out
noun
1
: a command or signal for putting out lights
2
: a prescribed bedtime for persons living under discipline
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Jakub Dobeš has had strong stretches for the Montreal Canadiens and David Rittich has played lights-out behind Ilya Sorokin on Long Island.
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Jesse Granger, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Ziebell’s lights-out shooting etched her name into UConn’s record book alongside a trio of Huskies legends.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2026
In the coming years voters will have to grapple with those changes and determine new benchmarks, both for the lights-out aces whose arms couldn’t hold up and the steady workhorses who rarely missed a start.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
Our defense has been playing lights-out all season.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
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Jesse Granger, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Ziebell’s lights-out shooting etched her name into UConn’s record book alongside a trio of Huskies legends.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2026
In the coming years voters will have to grapple with those changes and determine new benchmarks, both for the lights-out aces whose arms couldn’t hold up and the steady workhorses who rarely missed a start.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
Our defense has been playing lights-out all season.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
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“Lights-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lights-out. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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