lights (on or upon)

verb

Definition of lights (on or upon)next
present tense third-person singular of light (on or upon)
as in finds
to come upon unexpectedly or by chance the novelist lit upon the plot for his latest thriller while visiting a remote lighthouse in Maine

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lights (on or upon)
  1. finds
  2. encounters
Verb
  • Being unmarked and arriving with momentum, Odegaard finds himself in a one-v-one with the goalkeeper again caught on his line.
    — Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Bridgespan’s report finds that families in middle-income countries are more likely to administer their own programs than those in higher-income countries.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of finds
Verb
  • Good Samaritan Outreach, an Orlando nonprofit food pantry and soup kitchen founded in 1997, encounters these families every week, people who are doing their best but need a helping hand to ensure their children not go to bed hungry.
    — Christine Franz, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026
  • When the scanning tip encounters a rough surface, the mechanical contact between the probe and the sample changes.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of encounters
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“Lights (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lights%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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