dark lantern

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Noun
  • Household hazardous waste collection: Volusia County’s Solid Waste Division will collect materials such as old paint, solvents, automobile and household batteries, pool chemicals, pesticides, motor oil, gasoline, other household chemicals, and up to 10 fluorescent lamps.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
  • This fuzzy star is the Orion Nebula, a vast cloud of hydrogen gas lit up like a fluorescent lamp by young stars gravitationally born inside it.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Prosecutors said hospital security camera video showed Mabon wearing a camouflage jacket, the same jacket worn by a suspect seen removing a light bulb from the victim’s neighbor’s porch a few hours before the home-invasion robbery was committed.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement For Koh, the paper set off a light bulb.
    Alice Park, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Also, short detection parameters were not updated from the previous model's incandescent lamps.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Carve out a few hours to visit nearby Bellingham to tour the SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention, which displays one of only three remaining incandescent lamps created by Thomas Edison.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The cozy living room is the perfect size for a sectional sofa, an accent chair or two, and a dramatic arc lamp to tie it all together.
    Miles Walls, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Farnsworth’s system involved placing a simple image, such as a straight line, between a carbon arc lamp and an image dissector, which displayed a clear image on a receiver in another room.
    The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Tesla also removed ambient lighting, certain exterior light bars, power-folding mirrors, and other upgrades introduced in previous refreshes.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
  • During the end-of-year holiday season, there's Christmas tree lighting, breakfast with Santa, gingerbread house workshops, and Tommy the Real Elf experiences.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Keep carved jack-o-lanterns in a cool, shady spot.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
  • From handmade terra-cotta pumpkin lanterns to spooky ghost cloches, no decor detail was overlooked.
    Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Stein’s bedroom adjoined the room where Dodge would visit her lover at night; kept awake by the murmurings and moans, Stein lit a candle and composed a portrait of her host.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • There’s no limit to the number of candle holders a votive-loving household can have.
    Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The girandole-style, four-panel earrings are crafted of more than 136 carats of natural purple sapphires, paraiba tourmalines and diamonds, set in 18-karat white gold and were said to be valued at close to $3 million.
    Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The magnificent hall hints at extravagance within: The walls are lined in pleated pistachio silk; bunches of fruit-and-flowers plasterwork tumble from the ceiling; glimmering crystal girandoles stand sentry beside the fireplace.
    Pascal Chevallier, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2018
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“Dark lantern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dark%20lantern. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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