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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The Tigers have been lights-out defensively just about every week.
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Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Matt Schubert, sports editor: San Diego State 15, CSU 10
The Aztecs are back to playing lights-out defense and winning ugly — Rocky Long style.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2025
The sketch wasn’t lights-out amazing, but the switcheroo was interesting.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
These lights-out facilities are powered by self-learning systems that adapt production in real time, manage quality control via computer vision and conduct predictive maintenance without supervision.
—Senthil M Kumar, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Matt Schubert, sports editor: San Diego State 15, CSU 10
The Aztecs are back to playing lights-out defense and winning ugly — Rocky Long style.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2025
The sketch wasn’t lights-out amazing, but the switcheroo was interesting.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
These lights-out facilities are powered by self-learning systems that adapt production in real time, manage quality control via computer vision and conduct predictive maintenance without supervision.
—Senthil M Kumar, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Lights-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lights-out. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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