bulb
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Among the answers: a small ink-stained mahogany desk, an antique light bulb, a brown leather flight suit and a baseball jersey.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
French Open organisers monitor the temperature through two wet bulb sensors - one on Chatrier and another on Court 14.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
On one lamp in the studio, tentacles hold up cylindrical copper spires with submarine-style looking glasses to reveal a small bulb inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
By extending the productive hours of the factory floor and the laboratory, the bulb accelerated the pace of the Industrial Revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Ella picked up the crank and the now broken bulb.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Absorbed students carefully threaded wires into junction boxes to make circuits connected to lights, bulbs flickering on one by one to signal a job well done.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
They reach their greatest densities in the UK's woods where many thousands of bulbs can exist in one woodland, creating the incredible blue carpets associated with spring.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
It’s also unoriginal: Pundits have overlaid charts showing recent gains for the Magnificent Seven with dot-coms, the Roaring ’20s, railroad fever, Japanese property and tulip bulbs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
James from Cypress urged the city to tweak the LED bulbs to mimic the warm sodium ones.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
A bare minimum of bulbs lit the space, casting long shadows and making the alcoves seem like portals to undisclosed hells.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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Life Science: Plants
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