laser

as in spotlight
a device that produces a narrow and powerful stream of light that has many special uses in medicine, industry, etc. doctors using a laser to perform delicate eye surgery

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Recent Examples of laser Debbie Thomas is a skin and laser expert, VIP facialist and the founder of Clinic. Dr Tatyana Lapa-Wright is an aesthetic doctor and the owner of Hardwick Clinic. Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 8 May 2025 There was singing and screaming going on in the background during that sequence, and flares and lasers were going off. Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025 The Trump administration’s laser focus on bringing manufacturing back to the United States is welcome news to Baltimore, the once-thriving manufacturing powerhouse of the Northeast. Andy Harris, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025 The lasers will activate your color vision like nothing in the natural world: A small square of exotic color will appear, just off-center from the focal point of your vision, against a background field of gray. Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for laser
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Noun
  • Ditko’s strong views about culture and philosophy kept him well out of the public spotlight at his own insistence, earning him a reputation as a recluse.
    Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • Broken spotlight Quarterback Cam Ward, the No. 1 pick in the draft, and the Tennessee Titans didn’t get any love from the schedule makers.
    Jeff Howe, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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  • The lights in the hall dimmed completely — and then the room lit up again as hundreds of small beams illuminated the space.
    RoselynMartin Somtochukwu Ilo, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2025
  • On colliding with the plasma, the beam particles are re-ionized, while the collision energy heats the plasma.
    David Szondy May 10, New Atlas, 10 May 2025

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“Laser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laser. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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