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bulb

[buhlb] / bʌlb /


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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

On the drive home, Scanlon, 33, had a light bulb moment: “What I love doing is something most people find totally overwhelming and exhausting,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Thomas Edison’s incandescent bulb emerged as the victor of a crowded race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The locus coeruleus, found in the brainstem, helps regulate this process through long nerve fibers that extend to the olfactory bulb.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

A single bulb hung from its ceiling, around which moths circled.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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