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Recent Examples of candle
Electric lights are switched off, and instead the winding streets are lit solely by thousands of candles.
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AFAR Media, 4 Aug. 2025
That’s because indoor products like cleaning supplies, candles and even spray deodorant can significantly worsen indoor air quality, according to a series of studies released by Purdue University in February.
—Katherine Weaver, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
There is also a home fragrance line of candles, diffusers and room sprays, as well as a small amount of third-party products, but the assortment is overwhelmingly Martha Stewart.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 25 July 2025
The cake, with more than eighty candles on it, is the table’s centrepiece.
—Literary Hub, 25 July 2025
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AFAR Media, 4 Aug. 2025
That’s because indoor products like cleaning supplies, candles and even spray deodorant can significantly worsen indoor air quality, according to a series of studies released by Purdue University in February.
—Katherine Weaver, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
There is also a home fragrance line of candles, diffusers and room sprays, as well as a small amount of third-party products, but the assortment is overwhelmingly Martha Stewart.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 25 July 2025
The cake, with more than eighty candles on it, is the table’s centrepiece.
—Literary Hub, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for candle
Noun
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For all its darkness, Mujica Lainez’s Duke of Bomarzo is a lantern that illuminates the place and period that brought us modernity and, as such, our tenebrous but also brilliant little lives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
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View gallery - 4 images Rising out of the ground like strange oversized lanterns, Hatai is an eye-catching project centered around two towers.—
Adam Williams
July 18,
New Atlas,
18 July 2025
Noun
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Remember, a tent offers no protection from lighting.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Aug. 2025
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McCarty is also in the process of getting LED lighting installed.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The building was a synagogue and the room, which had a magnificent candelabra chandelier at its center, had only a few candles lit.—
Rabbi Moishe Kievman,
Sun Sentinel,
22 July 2025
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Pieces are embellished with images of lyres, candelabras, flowers, white cranes and native plants.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
Noun
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In his flashlight beam, Carlson could see that his arrow was just barely holding the cat – with the arrowhead barely under its tough skin.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
16 July 2025
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The supervisor, named Rick, legally purchased the weapon, an AR M-4 assault-style rifle with a scope and a barrel flashlight attached.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Jewish Festival of Lights, observed for eight days and coinciding with Christmas Day this year, includes the lighting of candles on a nine-branched candelabrum called a menorah and eating traditional foods, such as latkes.—
Marianne Mather,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Dec. 2024
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By creating casts of the negative spaces left behind, archaeologists were able to reconstruct the furniture inside the room: a wooden bed, a stool, a chest, a bronze candelabrum and a table that once held bronze, glass and ceramic objects.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Also in Turnberry are the ruins of the Turnberry Castle, adjacent to the lighthouse and golf course.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
27 July 2025
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Those interested in visiting the lighthouse can sign up for a tour (held only twice monthly), or stop by on a Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to walk the grounds.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 July 2025
Noun
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In late June, DeMarco picked me up from the ferry terminal in a vintage Land Cruiser, its halogen headlights covered by yellow smiley faces.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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Donning headlights, researchers checked the traps throughout the evening.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The formal living room’s remarkable look sprawls out beneath an ornamental ceiling and chandelier.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
13 Aug. 2025
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Just off the hotel’s entrance hides The Gallery, a dazzling, tunnel-like red bar that glows with 200 mirrors, Baccarat crystal chandeliers and video projections.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Candle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/candle. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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