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With college football’s klieg lights trained on playoff expansion, NIL sanity, revenue sharing and the fast-approaching season — kickoff is just two weeks away — a small group of administrators is planning to overhaul the way the sport goes about its business.
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Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
Tonight the castle was lit up like a movie set with klieg lights and scores of Cinecittà extras vamping as cardinals.
—Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 15 July 2025
All that work will be more easily and quickly done away from Wall Street’s klieg lights.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 17 June 2025
Fresh from the United States, they were shoved onto buses and hauled into the prison under blinding klieg lights.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
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Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
Tonight the castle was lit up like a movie set with klieg lights and scores of Cinecittà extras vamping as cardinals.
—Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 15 July 2025
All that work will be more easily and quickly done away from Wall Street’s klieg lights.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 17 June 2025
Fresh from the United States, they were shoved onto buses and hauled into the prison under blinding klieg lights.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for klieg light
Noun
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Chatbots are our light bulbs—useful, visible, but shallow.—
Rob Thomas,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
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The inventor of the light bulb is also credited with developing many other devices in mass communication, sound recording and motion pictures.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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So watch the video carefully and try to catch the signs of unnatural eye movements, lip-sync issues, weird lighting, shadows and voice inconsistencies.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Inside, there’s the occasional model being fitted and photographed, outside there are truck drivers, caterers, lighting specialists and many more milling around or scurrying about.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These are for the artful burner, someone who lights a candle as much for its vibe as its aroma.—
Michael Stefanov,
Robb Report,
14 Oct. 2025
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Each candle pairs a calming scent with a meaningful crystal, like rose quartz for healing or garnet for passion.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Glamour,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Last March, Sam Westhoff, who performs under the moniker Haffway, stood beneath a lone spotlight onstage at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and delivered a song about struggling to slow down.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Golden Globes is putting a spotlight on Brazilian entertainment with a new celebration set for March in Rio de Janeiro.—
William Earl,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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The flashlight has a combined total output of 1,100 lumens.—
Ben Coxworth
October 17,
New Atlas,
17 Oct. 2025
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Expect hayrides, line dancing, carnival games, rubber duck races, spooky experiments and a flashlight pumpkin walk.—
Debra Skodack,
Kansas City Star,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Klieg light.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/klieg%20light. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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