lighters

plural of lighter

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lighters
Noun
  • When asked about the impact of tactics to improve affordability, both rent freezes/caps and friendlier apartment zoning received approval from 34% of those polled, seeing the moves as cost-cutters.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Without access to many kitchen supplies, the women improvised, using wine bottles and shell casings as rolling pins and baking soda tins as cutters.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Less obvious is how the Earth itself tugs at the solid rocky surface of the moon.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Throughout his time at the Palace, several women have reported feeling tugs on their hair or having the sensation that someone is lingering right over their shoulder.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Viewers are dropped into the aftermath of an unnamed personal conflict and must work out over the course of the runtime the stakes of the situation, a highwire act handled deftly by the actors whose tender performances provide the emotional impact of the film’s shattering final sequence.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The scenes unfold like reunion and release, tender against the alien architecture.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Lighters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lighters. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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