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beacon

[bee-kuhn] / ˈbi kən /


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Villanueva said he would improve staffing by redirecting overtime spending and serving as a beacon to would-be deputies who’ve been turned off by Luna.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Australia's prime minister and fellow parliamentarians led sombre tributes Monday to "beacon of decency" and colleague Helen Haines, who remains in hospital after being struck by a car outside her office a week ago.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

With Indian drinkers proving a beacon in a gloomy landscape for the drinks business, Pernod said it is taking preparatory stops for a potential initial public offer of its business in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

To some, it’s a beacon of hope in the midst of an imperfect urban fabric that has long prioritized the fantastical.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The traffic beacon at the top of a metal scaffold cast a fitful red light as it blinked on and off.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Minute-by-minute location tracking is based on GPS data, pings to nearby cellphone towers, Bluetooth beacons and Wi-Fi connections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

For many years, astronomers have relied on distant supernovae as cosmic beacons to study the universe and test the laws of physics.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026

That makes us all time travelers of a sort, too, beacons of an increasingly distant era in which it was possible to be unplugged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

His friends quickly started searching using their beacons and managed to dig Thomason out, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026

Very gradually, like one instrument after another being tentatively rehearsed, beacons of color began to pierce the sky.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles


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