flashes 1 of 2

plural of flash
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flashes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of flash
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as in twinkles
to shine with light at regular intervals the disco lights flashed, and the revelers danced

Synonyms & Similar Words

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of flashes
Noun
Storms can be spotty and short-lived, while others can unleash strong winds, flashes of lightning and torrential downpours. Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 13 Oct. 2025 The offense had some flashes early. Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 Jones showed flashes throughout camp — and even in his snaps against the Bengals — of interior explosiveness, but still needs to develop against the rush. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2025 Roofman is simply too odd a bird, a movie that sets out to be a romp but can’t bring itself to smooth over the rougher aspects of its material, especially in terms of its main character’s addiction to showing off with gifts or flashes of cash. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025 An amazing new video shows flashes of sunlight sparkling off a batch of SpaceX satellites, with a green aurora glowing just below. Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025 But in flashes, the discerning eye could see it. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025 Skarsgård has long been a red carpet renegade, showing flashes of that playful freak that lives within. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2025 Every so often, though, Friend surprised me with flashes of context. Jordan Blum, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
The amps are now gone, but the cross still flashes onscreen. Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025 Andy Lyons / Getty Images The greatest women’s track and field star of her generation flashes a contagious smile. Jason Jones, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 That nucleotide flashes light in a characteristic color that identifies which base is being connected. IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025 But then, the actress flashes a mischievous grin. Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025 Hayley then flashes a strip of sonogram photos at the camera as the couple smiles and sways in the sunlight. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025 The film begins with a flashback scene to the beginning of the rage virus, then flashes forward 28 years to an isolated island near the Scottish Highlands, where its inhabitants are isolated from the zombie-like creatures that roam the mainland. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025 The fall in home borrowing costs comes as the bond market flashes signals that the US economy may be deteriorating more than expected, after new data suggested that the US labor market was much weaker than previously thought. Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025 But before the title even flashes on screen, we are granted the disturbingly detailed view of a bullet ripping through the face of a young boy. Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flashes
Noun
  • But that does not stop him from making an impact in smaller bursts.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Bassitt, Schneider said, is stretched out enough to pitch in short bursts or log four to five innings.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What To Know Telegram channels and Ukrainian media reported that there were explosions in Feodosia overnight Sunday after drones attacked an oil depot which caused a fire that could be seen miles away.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The blast set off smaller explosions, local officials said, and shook homes as far as 15 miles away while scattering debris over half a square mile.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Simons didn’t let a lack of minutes early in his career ruin his spirit.
    Jay King, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The Eletta Explore is a fully automatic machine that crafts more than 50 hot and cold drinks, including cold brew in under 3 minutes.
    Melissa Knific, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Believing miracles can happen is how Tony Arenas has approached his life-threatening medical challenges.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Not only that, Liverpool’s second summer transfer window under him was riotous (unprecedented, really, for the club and the Premier League), rendering miracles unnecessary.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Patches of unintelligibility are nothing new in Pynchon, but usually a coherent world view gleams upward from the murk.
    Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Nothing gleams as beautifully as a white kitchen.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Users typed a url in the navigation bar, or typed a search query in that same space—a feature that Opera first pioneered but which was soon copied by Google—and the browser takes the user to that web address or a search results page, which displays a list of links.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Each set of hands displays a different time zone, with the gold hands indicating sidereal time and the blue hands showing a standard 24-hour day.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After a dust-up with Ted over the local grocery store’s adherence to the state’s mask mandate, Joe impulsively announces his rival candidacy for mayor of Eddington, and tensions eventually boil over to the point of deadly violence.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
  • During Christmas dinner, Martha (72) announces her separation after discovering her husband’s affair with her best friend, upending the holiday as her children and their partners confront their own romantic issues.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ali was scoring plenty with jabs and flurries, but his attempts to land big punches mostly fell flat.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Thin air and unpredictable wind flurries near Everest’s highest elevations prevent the drones from operating at some of the final camps leading to the summit.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025

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“Flashes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flashes. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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