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: a device that utilizes a flash tube for high-speed illumination (as in photography)
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The teaser reveals there will be plenty more drama in their on-again, off-again relationship, as an angry Ruby watches on at James partying with other girls under blue strobe lighting.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 June 2025
One point to note is that fitting an anti-collision strobe to a sub-250 g drone will take it above this weight threshold.
—James Abbott, Space.com, 22 June 2025
Flashing strobes, toxic symbols and haunting moodiness aside, Kraftwerk barely flinched.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
The strobes will illuminate to notify building occupants to immediately take action and will provide geolocations to emergency responders, officials said.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 June 2025
One point to note is that fitting an anti-collision strobe to a sub-250 g drone will take it above this weight threshold.
—James Abbott, Space.com, 22 June 2025
Flashing strobes, toxic symbols and haunting moodiness aside, Kraftwerk barely flinched.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
The strobes will illuminate to notify building occupants to immediately take action and will provide geolocations to emergency responders, officials said.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Strobe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strobe. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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strobe
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: a device that produces a very brief strong flash of light (as for photography) and that can be used repeatedly
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