as in fluorescent lamp
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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
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The most effective teams thrive when leaders recognize that every attempt that falls short—like Edison's 1,000 attempts at perfecting the light bulb—represents progress, not failure.—
Garry Ridge,
Time,
4 Aug. 2025
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For example, tenants should cover basic expenses like changing light bulbs.—
Cory Albert,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Also, short detection parameters were not updated from the previous model's incandescent lamps.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
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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
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To make an arc lamp brighter, the bulb itself must become physically larger, including the arc that produces the light.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Feb. 2014
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One reason is that the high-pressure xenon arc lamps used in movie projectors today lose a lot of brightness over time.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Feb. 2014
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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
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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
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Killingworth’s The Rustic Barn has created two soy candles specifically for Birch & Twine.—
Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
6 Aug. 2025
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Noem is pleased — but her Botox falters, and her face melts like a hot candle.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
6 Aug. 2025
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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
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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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