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Recent Examples of klieg light
But only half of the leaders surveyed feel comfortable communicating their progress publicly, resulting in many companies shrinking away from making public sustainability statements amid intensifying political and public klieg lights.
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 8 Oct. 2025
The Oscars have always been Hollywood’s most glamorous therapy session, where the industry lays bare its collective psyche under the klieg lights of the red carpet.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 8 Oct. 2025
The Oscars have always been Hollywood’s most glamorous therapy session, where the industry lays bare its collective psyche under the klieg lights of the red carpet.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for klieg light
Noun
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Two of the six back ventilation hood light bulbs were not working properly.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Use your microfiber duster to lightly dust all light bulbs.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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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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The device also factors in shutter lag (the delay between activating the shutter release button and the image being recorded), setting up your camera to start the exposure milliseconds earlier thus ensuring a maximum chance of catching the various phases of a lighting storm in progress.—
Shirl Leigh
March 22,
New Atlas,
22 Mar. 2026
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Late Thursday night into early Friday morning, residents in several neighborhoods in Havana took to the streets, banging pots and pans and, in some cases, lighting bonfires to block major roads in the capital — a sign of escalating frustration.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Use our crepe paper flower how-to for paper ones, or make a beautiful blooming branch from candle wax.—
Shagun Khare,
Martha Stewart,
16 Mar. 2026
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This particular candle, as in the first-stage booster, was flying for the sixth time and made another successful recovery landing downrange on the droneship Just Read the Instructions stationed in the Atlantic.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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The Delano grape strike and grape boycott helped propel farmworker conditions into the national spotlight and drew support from labor, religious and civil rights groups.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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The weekly column takes you behind the scenes and shines a spotlight on unique stories.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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Later that day, King drove to his cousin's house to borrow a flashlight, shovel and gas can, according to prosecutors.—
DAVID FISCHER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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The neighbor told authorities that Jennifer Crouse could be seen stopping by a few times a week to feed the animals, often having to use a flashlight because there was reportedly no power to the home, according to the warrant affidavit.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Klieg light.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/klieg%20light. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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