flashlight

noun

Definition of flashlightnext
as in lantern

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Recent Examples of flashlight Martinez shined his flashlight on him and said, ‘show me your hands,’ the video shows. — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026 Trevor Snapp/Bloomberg/Getty Images The 1200 kept the 1100’s dust-proofing, flashlight, and long-lasting battery, and added features aimed squarely at the developing world. — IEEE Spectrum, 13 July 2026 Bring a flashlight with spare batteries to hike during the cool evening. — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 9 July 2026 Reading with a caregiver often progresses into children reading on their own, whether with a flashlight in bed or in the middle of the day on the couch. — Michelle Kearney, The Conversation, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for flashlight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flashlight
  1. lantern
  2. lighting
  3. candle
  4. headlight
  5. lighthouse
  6. floodlight
  7. spotlight
  8. streetlight
Noun
  • Water Lantern Festival Enjoy music, food and activities at the Water Lantern Festival, and then personalize your lantern with a message or intention and connect with people around you.
    — Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 28 July 2026
  • The moon hangs over Kizingoni Beach, like a lantern above the Indian Ocean.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of lantern
Noun
  • The creative team members are puppetry and movement designers Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell (of Lume), set designer Chloe Lamford, costume designer Georgia McGuinness, lighting designer Jon Clark, composer Will Stuart and sound designer Tom Gibbons.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 July 2026
  • Connecticut is putting better lighting, new surveillance cameras and more private security along CTfastrak, where complaints of drug use, crime and loitering have been going up along with bus ridership.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
Definition of lighting
Noun
  • Later, the hotel turns this scent into a candle and includes a card with the ingredients and the date it was made.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Its generous 12-inch length offers plenty of room for bathroom accessories, from rolled up washcloths to your favorite antique candle holder.
    — Nina Derwin, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2026
Definition of candle
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  • And what remains is all blacked out, except for the lower rocker covers and pushrod tubes – from the fork covers, the controls, the handlebar, the turn signals, the headlight bucket, the engine, exhaust, and even the rear fender struts.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 July 2026
  • That matters because pedestrians are harder to see at night, especially outside the brightest part of a vehicle’s headlight beam or while a driver is turning.
    — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of headlight
Noun
  • There are private yards and so, so many views to be had—of the sunrise over the harbor, lighthouses, the beach, and the city’s skyline.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
  • Owls Head State Park Just a 15-minute drive south of downtown, Owls Head State Park pairs one of Maine’s most picturesque lighthouses with scenic coastal trails, picnic areas, and sweeping views over Penobscot Bay.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2026
Definition of lighthouse
Noun
  • Another detail noted that a floodlight on the back porch was out.
    — Anna Schecter, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Every one of the four tiers of this majestic ground, the highest so high and steep that some fans were covered in darkness as the floodlights didn’t reach them, was packed.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Definition of floodlight
Noun
  • After spending most of his career working hard in a sport that barely registers any level of attention in the wider world, Ainslie welcomes the brighter — but also harsher — spotlight that this seven-year-old league is shining on sailboat racing.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • The room, finished in Domingue lime paint, is illuminated by a 1950s Isamu Noguchi Akari floor lamp and surface-mount spotlights by Lucifer Lighting.
    — Punch Hutton, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2026
Definition of spotlight
Noun
  • The driver then hit a large landscape boulder and collided with the base of a streetlight on the east side of the service road, police said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026
  • The average repair time for a streetlight was one year, bureau officials said in February.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of streetlight

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