bulb
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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
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
The olfactory bulb, located in the forebrain, processes signals from scent receptors in the nose.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026
Blog comment sections were notoriously dynamic, full of debate and discussion and lots of light bulb moments for writers and readers alike.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
We entered a hallway where a bare dim bulb shed faint blue light against green walls.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Vocabulary lists containing bulb
Life Science: Plants
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Plants (Botany) - Introduction
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Plants (Botany) - Middle School
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