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Lighting throughout the camp is deliberately subdued, with warm-temperature luminaires and dim solar path lights that create minimal pollution and allow for maximum Milky Way views.—Megan Eaves, Outside, 20 Feb. 2026 In between performances, guests traveled with lychee martinis in hand underneath the scarlet red luminaire, past cherry blossom trees, and to a hors d’oeuvres table laden with jiaozi, bánh cam, and mochi.—Savannah Hanoum, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026 This year, for the camp memorial service, Miles decorated a luminaire bag with lightning bolts.—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025 First, there are highly vocal AI luminaires making individualized brazen predictions.—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025 The heady grouping of industry luminaires dazzled Chase Koplow, nominated for Condo Sale of the Year.—Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2024 But 16 years after its initial design, the Anders, an undulating, loofah-reminiscent luminaire (and MVP accessory in many of AD’s home tours), remains coveted by designers on both sides of the pond.—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 17 Sep. 2024 WiZ boasts a big selection of smart lighting options, from all shapes and sizes of bulbs and lamps to luminaires, string lights, and other outdoor products.—Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 26 Apr. 2023
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French, "lighting, source or sources of light, lamp," going back to Old French luminarie, luminaire "celestial body, source of light, illumination" — more at luminary