lightings

plural of lighting

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Recent Examples of lightings The first winters after the Accords also brought public menorah lightings for Hanukkah, with Emiratis proudly standing by, and sometimes lighting the candles, with Jewish community leaders. — Monica Marks, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightings
Noun
  • The Greek patriarch will light candles and then the flame is passed from one candle to the next.
    — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • String lights, solar lanterns, warm-toned bulbs and candle lanterns handle the lighting.
    — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Enchanted lanterns are suspended in the air, giving a magical ambiance to this charming Orlando home.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Le Bistrot de Jan is a lovely jewel box just off the lobby, with glittering chandeliers and walls and furniture in deep sapphire and ruby tones.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Inside the Masonic Lodge on the cemetery grounds, beneath chandeliers, dozens of people search for stillness with a meditation class.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Using spotlights, strobe lights, fire and fireworks, the technical elements offered a dramatic visual display that blended seamlessly with the songs.
    — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Tallinn’s Critics’ Picks strand spotlights films with a clear artistic point of view and a fresh take on storytelling, including work that wrestles with genre, cinema’s past and the social issues of the moment.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Like the main house, the ADU’s interiors mix new pieces with vintage accessories, including a Room & Board four-poster bed in the bedroom and midcentury ceramic lamps, textiles and artworks that Donnelly found at Los Angeles estate sales.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Rather than lighting an entire room, try task lighting like reading lamps, under-the-cabinet light strips, and desk lamps that illuminate a workspace.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • To the right, artificial houseplants stand in a currently dry fountain bedecked in blue light, and presided over by statue holding a candelabra-style light fixture like a torch.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Here, a Pierre Jeanneret desk meets an Egyptian Revival candelabra.
    — Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The 1900 building, in the campus’ northwestern corner, is one of its jewels — a vaulted room hung with candelabras lit for the campus opening in gold and blue, the school colors.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Tall candelabras helped create mood lighting.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026

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“Lightings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightings. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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