headlight

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Recent Examples of headlight The four drivers were cited for infractions including a broken headlight, no insurance, speeding and no seatbelt. Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025 Over 800 tiny light louvers spread across the grille and headlight bar at the front and the taillights at the rear, where a microscopic spoiler matches a chrome lower diffuser. Michael Teo Van Runkle, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025 According to testimony from a three-day preliminary hearing held last year, the officers who pursued Salgado first took notice of a headlight out on his BMW. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025 Brumbelow has found that cars with headlights rated highly by IIHS for visibility—which includes many but not all LED headlights—have 19% fewer nighttime crashes compared to cars with poor headlight visibility. Matt Fuchs, Time, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headlight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headlight
Noun
  • Admirers can switch between nine lighting modes, including warm white and multicolor hues, as well as flickering and flashing light shows.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The lighting design with hues of pinks, blues, and violet, are impeccable by David Lander, making sure the changes are sharp but not intrusive to the character’s world.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Adding reflective tape to costumes or bags, wearing bright colors and carrying a flashlight or glow stick can help drivers see trick-or-treaters.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The fun continues at night with a pumpkin express light show, bring-your-own-flashlight corn maze, bonfires on Saturday night only and firework shows.
    Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Thomas hid wires from the hanging lanterns by opening up the suspension rope and feeding the electrical line through it, then closing the rope again.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Family and friends honor Sessions’ by gathering on a beach to light lanterns on the anniversary of his death.
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The holiday is a major event in India, particularly for followers of Hinduism and Sikhism, and is marked by candle and lamp lighting to symbolize light over darkness and good over evil.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • For more of the best fall candle picks from Better Homes & Gardens, check out similar options below.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To deter them, Karlton played loud music and aimed a floodlight in their direction.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Amazon $220 Eufy $220 Best Buy Security cameras with floodlights are great for your garage or backyard, since motion triggers light and color video.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Using demand and equity analyses, researchers selected 23 streetlights and installed EV charging stations.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
  • So the streetlight’s gray bells peal in their relentless sooty glow.
    Courtney Kampa, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The rustic chandelier in the retail store is made of vines.
    Lauren Green, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The five-star hotel recently completed a massive renovation, bringing an even more regal feel to the lobby and other common areas, including a spectacular crystal chandelier that depicts a castle.
    Megan duBois, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When people realized that the blue photons were firing at them not only from their devices but from every light bulb, there was a rush to avoid bright white LEDs altogether.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Chatbots are our light bulbs—useful, visible, but shallow.
    Rob Thomas, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Headlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headlight. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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