Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relighting
Verb
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Security video footage posted to Barrera’s Facebook page shows someone igniting and stoking flames inside the car, then fleeing before the vehicle is engulfed and eventually explodes.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026 -
President Masoud Pezeshkian has said protesters’ concerns should be addressed, while hard-liners have issued stern warnings and claimed foreign agents were stoking the unrest.—
Babak Dehghanpisheh,
NBC news,
9 Jan. 2026
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Ingredient call-outs include niacinamide, which has brightening and smoothing properties, and calming squalane.—
Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
11 Jan. 2026
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If your grout isn't horrendous with dirt or stains, this might be a great cleaner for brightening the lines.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Chalamet’s matching orange movie-premiere outfits with his girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, for example, echo Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake’s denim wardrobe in the early 2000s; wearing eye-searing hues together produces tabloid fodder, while further anchoring Chalamet in the cultural zeitgeist.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
22 Dec. 2025
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Originally opened as the Talk of the Town steakhouse in 1974, Lakeland’s Texas Cattle Company has been searing and serving ’em up since 1984.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
19 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Cutting my tresses wasn't a consideration at the time, but lightening them didn’t seem so scary.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
20 Jan. 2026
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On deep skin tones, the gray adds a pop of contrasting color, lightening the lashes that frame the eye.—
Jeanne Ballion,
Vogue,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Relighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relighting. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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