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
  • Get a light cover to soften any overhead lights, or swap out your usual light bulbs for some that produce a warmer glow.
    Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Philips Hue has used IFA 2025 to bombard smart home fans with new product lines, cheaper light bulbs, and upgrades to some of its aging products.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 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
  • Let your lighting set the mood for any fall get-together with this easy craft idea.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Matthew Novotny designed lighting, Alina Bokovikova designed costumes and Aaron Rumley designed sound.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Its central glass dome—home to the swimming paradise—glows like a lantern at dusk.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Place the candle securely in the holder inside the pumpkin before lighting it.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
  • As the sun started setting and the evening grew darker, mourners passed around candles, using one candle to light another, and the crowd began singing prayers.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 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 17 Sep. 2025.

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